Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Callista andersoni
Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1915. Fauna of the Type Tejon: Its relation to the Cowlitz Phase of the Tejon Group of Washington. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 5(3):33-98
Belongs to Macrocallista according to R. E. Dickerson 1915
See also Givens and Kennedy 1979 and Nilsen 1987
Sister taxa: Callista (Macrocallista) dickersoni, Callista (Macrocallista) domenginica, Macrocallista (Macrocallista), Macrocallista (Megapitaria), Macrocallista arenophila, Macrocallista aurilitoralis, Macrocallista caryi, Macrocallista cathcartensis, Macrocallista cavachana, Macrocallista densa, Macrocallista ewekoroensis, Macrocallista femii, Macrocallista furlongi, Macrocallista greeni, 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 traftoni, Macrocallista weaveri, Macrocallista williamsoni
Type specimen: CAS 269. Its type locality is CAS loc. 244, Live Oak Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (17: California, Washington collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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