Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Chione cathcartensis
Full reference: C. E. Weaver. 1912. A preliminary report on the Tertiary paleontology of western Washington. Washington Geological Survey Bulletin 15:1-80
Belongs to Macrocallista according to P. Parker 1949
See also Durham 1944, Tegland 1933 and Weaver 1912
Sister taxa: Callista (Macrocallista) dickersoni, Callista (Macrocallista) domenginica, Macrocallista (Macrocallista), Macrocallista (Megapitaria), Macrocallista andersoni, Macrocallista arenophila, Macrocallista aurilitoralis, Macrocallista caryi, 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 traftoni, Macrocallista weaveri, Macrocallista williamsoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cathcart Station (Blakeley Formation), Fiddler's Bluff, which is in a Chattian offshore sandstone in the Blakeley Formation of Washington
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Washington collection)
• Oligocene of United States (5: Washington)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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