Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Cytherea adabionensis, Meretrix adabionensis
Belongs to Costacallista according to O. S. Adegoke 1977
See also Furon 1948 and Oppenheim 1915
Sister taxa: Callista (Costacallista) aequorea, Callista (Costacallista) hornii, Callista (Costacallista) soledadensis, 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
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1 collection), Togo (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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