Macrocallista (Costacallista) emmonsi Gardner 1943 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: J. A. Gardner. 1943. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina. Part 1. Pelecypoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(A):1-178

Belongs to Macrocallista (Costacallista) according to J. A. Gardner 1943

Sister taxa: Callista (Costacallista) aequorea, Callista (Costacallista) soledadensis, Costacallista canoasensis, Costacallista erycina, Costacallista gabrielensis, Costacallista hectori, Costacallista laevigata, Costacallista leiotera, Costacallista mancorensis, Costacallista mortoni, Costacallista suberycinoides, Macrocallista (Costacallista) hornii, Macrocallista (Costacallista) pseudoumbonella, Macrocallista (Costacallista) pseudoyawensis, Macrocallista (Costacallista) steinekei, Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana

Type specimen: USNM 108734, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Natural Well - Duplin Formation (Pliocene of North Carolina)

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