Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Belongs to Macrocallista according to Olsson 1942
Sister taxa: Callista (Macrocallista) dickersoni, Callista (Macrocallista) domenginica, Macrocallista (Macrocallista), Macrocallista (Megapitaria), Macrocallista andersoni, Macrocallista arenophila, Macrocallista aurilitoralis, Macrocallista caryi, Macrocallista cathcartensis, Macrocallista cavachana, Macrocallista densa, Macrocallista ewekoroensis, Macrocallista femii, Macrocallista furlongi, Macrocallista greeni, Macrocallista gruneri, Macrocallista hanzawai, Macrocallista inca, Macrocallista incognita, Macrocallista kahoensis, Macrocallista lunulata, Macrocallista maculata, Macrocallista marylandica, Macrocallista matsuraensis, Macrocallista minuscula, Macrocallista packi, Macrocallista pittsburgensis, Macrocallista rearensis, Macrocallista stantoni, Macrocallista tecolotensis, Macrocallista tia, Macrocallista weaveri, Macrocallista williamsoni
Type specimen: PRI 4093, a shell. Its type locality is Rabo de Puerco and Monte Verde Ravine [Armuelles Fm], which is in a Pleistocene coastal sandstone in the Armuelles Formation of Costa Rica.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Rabo de Puerco and Monte Verde Ravine [Armuelles Fm]
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