Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Pitaria soledadensis
Full reference: M. A. Hanna. 1927. An Eocene invertebrate fauna from the La Jolla Quadrangle, California . University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 16(8):247-398
Belongs to Callista (Costacallista) according to C. R. Givens and M. P. Kennedy 1979
See also Hanna 1927
Sister taxa: Callista (Costacallista) aequorea, Callista (Costacallista) hornii, Costacallista canoasensis, Costacallista erycina, Costacallista gabrielensis, Costacallista hectori, Costacallista laevigata, Costacallista leiotera, Costacallista mancorensis, Costacallista mortoni, Costacallista suberycinoides, Macrocallista (Costacallista) emmonsi, Macrocallista (Costacallista) pseudoumbonella, Macrocallista (Costacallista) pseudoyawensis, Macrocallista (Costacallista) steinekei, Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana
Type specimen: UCMP 39020
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (8: California collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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