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Costacallista

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Costacallista was named by Palmer (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 705]. It is extant. Its type is Venus erycina.

It was reranked as Macrocallista (Costacallista) by Turner (1938), Gardner (1943), Rivera (1957), Dey (1961), Iqbal (1973); it was reranked as Microcallista (Costacallista) by Weaver (1942); it was reranked as Callista (Costacallista) by Marasti (1973), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Squires (1988).

It was assigned to Veneridae by Olsson (1931); to Microcallista by Weaver (1942); to Meretricinae by Marwick (1960); to Macrocallista by Turner (1938), Gardner (1943), Rivera (1957), Dey (1961), Iqbal (1973); to Callista by Marasti (1973), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Squires (1988); to Pitarinae by Adegoke (1977), Woodring (1982), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Costacallista Palmer pp. 73, 84
1931Costacallista Olsson p. 60
1938Macrocallista (Costacallista) Turner p. 55
1942Microcallista (Costacallista) Weaver p. 172
1943Macrocallista (Costacallista) Gardner p. 123
1957Macrocallista (Costacallista) Rivera p. 195
1960Costacallista Marwick p. 15
1961Macrocallista (Costacallista) Dey
1973Macrocallista (Costacallista) Iqbal p. 19
1973Callista (Costacallista) Marasti p. 110
1977Costacallista Adegoke p. 281
1982Costacallista Woodring p. 691
1984Callista (Costacallista) Squires p. 51
1987Callista (Costacallista) Squires p. 69
1988Callista (Costacallista) Squires p. 19
1995Costacallista Pacaud and Le Renard p. 183
2002Costacallista Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCallocardiinae(Dall 1895)
genusCostacallistaPalmer 1926

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Costacallista Palmer 1926
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†Costacallista adabionensis Oppenheim 1915
Costacallista erycina Linnaeaus 1758
†Costacallista gabrielensis Clark and Durham 1946
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Invalid names: Macrocallista (Costacallista) masinguiensis Clark and Durham 1946 [synonym]
†Costacallista hectori Finlay and Marwick 1937
†Costacallista laevigata Lamarck 1806
†Costacallista leiotera Woodring 1982
†Costacallista mortoni Conrad 1834
†Macrocallista (Costacallista) steinekei Clark and Durham 1946
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 06:38:03
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:15:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 66.00000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (197 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Poland C. montensis (27625)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Nigeria C. adabionensis (7791)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Togo Cytherea adabionensis (167948) Meretrix adabionensis (241238)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Callista hornii (52602 52603 52606)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (8104)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Oregon) Macrocallista conradiana (200873) Microcallista conradiana (52266 52267 52271 52278 52279 52302 52303 52304 52305 52307)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Rajasthan) Macrocallista punjabensis (46999)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Callista hornii (178748 178749 193544 193545 193547 193548) Macrocallista meganosensis (52420 52421 52422 52423 52425 52426 52428 52434) Meretrix hornii (122339) Meretrix hornii, Macrocallista conradiana (122337) Pitar hornii (122656)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (California) Callista hornii (200144)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Macrocallista conradiana (207126 207127) Meretrix hornii (91476 190801 207116 207119 207120) Meretrix hornii, Macrocallista conradiana (207112 207113 207115 207121 207123 207124)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Meretrix hornii (241811 241812 241813 241815 241818 241822 241824 241825 241846 241848 241852 241853)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Callista conradiana (200761 200764 202094) Callista hornii (5531 5540 94824 200758 200759 200760 200851 200852 200853 207189) Callista hornii, Callista conradiana (200762 200766) Callista soledadensis (16712 200738 200739 200743 200744 200751 200754 200755) Macrocallista hornii (194416) Microcallista conradiana (194413) Microcallista conradiana, Macrocallista hornii (194411)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France C. laevigata (171535)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Macrocallista laevigata (8047 8125) Macrocallista suberycinoides, Macrocallista laevigata (8124)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Yvelines) C. laevigata (177970 177971 177972 177973 177974 177975)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Oregon) Macrocallisa conradiana (200912) Macrocallista conradiana (201040)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03New Zealand (Canterbury) C. hectori (50147) Notocallista hectori (50161)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan Macrocallista pseudoyawensis (77377 77378)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Callista aequorea (205532) Callista sp. (205496)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Colombia (Bolivar) Macrocallista masinguiensis (3311)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Peru (Ica) Macrocallista steinekei (84680)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Alaska) C. conradiana (44070) Microcallista conradiana (44069)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Callista conradiana (194184 202071 202075 202077 202078 202079 202080 202081 202084 202085 202087) Callista hornii (202056)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9USA (Washington) Callista conradiana (203152)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand (South Island) C. hectori (205332)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Callista aequorea (205429)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71New Zealand (Canterbury) C. hectori (52131)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Callista aequorea (5332 5334 81279 205438) Callista aequorea, Callista mortoni (5311 5312 5318 5320 5321 5322 5330 81266 81278 81282 205489) Callista aequorea, Callista mortoni, Callista aldrichi (90600)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Meretrix laevigata (3721)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Oise) Meretrix laevigata, Meretrix suberycinoides (3494)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Callista laevigata (42636 42644)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (California) Macrocallista hornii (52805) Meretrix hornii (122336) Meretrix hornii, Macrocallista conradiana (122295 122340)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Meretrix hornii (238094 238096) Microcallista conradiana (203164)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alaska) Microcallista conradiana (194392 194397)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) Callista mortoni (99756)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Colombia (Bolivar) Macrocallista steinekei, Macrocallista gabrielensis (3315)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Meretrix hornii (239317 241816)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (California) Marcia conradiana, Meretrix hornii (193037)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Panama C. gabrielensis (42528 42532 42533 42534 42537 92981)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Meretrix hornii (202067)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Peru (Piura) Callista canoasensis (55437)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Peru (Piura) Callista mancorensis (64559)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Italy (Pordenone) Callista erycina (37352)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Pakistan Cytherea pseudoumbonella (77171 77172)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Callista erycina (72083 78641) Callista sp. 2, Callista sp., Callista sp. 1 (72084) Macrocallista erycina (76573 76574) Macrocallista florida, Macrocallista lilacina (72033)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Sri Lanka Macrocallista pseudoumbonella (77650)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Callista erycina (178108)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Dominican Republic C. sp. (74962)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Sri Lanka Macrocallista pseudoumbonella (77477)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany Callista xesta (111599)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic C. sp. (74963)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Italy Callista erycina (178116)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama C. leiotera (82116 82121 82124 82126)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) C. leiotera (142895 142898)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Macrocallista erycina (41473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Pakistan Cytherea pseudoumbonella (77133)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58India Macrocallista erycina (77658)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Callista planivieta (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Macrocallista emmonsi (59307)