Meretrix (Callista) montensis Cossmann 1908 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Belongs to Meretrix (Callista) according to F. Traub 1938

Sister taxa: Callista (Callista), Callista (Microcallista), Callista annexa, Callista diemenensis, Callista elongatotrigona, Callista gigantea, Callista kitsoni, Callista mcgrathiana, Callista planatella, Callista subdiaphana, Cytherea (Callista) exintermedia, Cytherea (Callista) florida, Cytherea (Callista) splendida

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (2), Bulgaria (1), China (1), Germany (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.