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Costacallista gabrielensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Macrocallista (Costacallista) gabrielensis was named by Clark and Durham (1946). Its type specimen is UCMP 34895, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UC S60, which is in the Eocene of sandstone/conglomerate Colombia.

It was recombined as Costacallista gabrielensis by Woodring (1982).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Macrocallista (Costacallista) gabrielensis Clark and Durham pp. 65-66 figs. pl. 11, figs. 1, 2, 11, 12, 13
1946Macrocallista (Costacallista) masinguiensis Clark and Durham p. 66 figs. pl. 8, figs. 7, 8
1982Costacallista gabrielensis Woodring p. 691

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—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
speciesgabrielensis()

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.

†Costacallista gabrielensis Clark and Durham 1946
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Invalid names: Macrocallista (Costacallista) masinguiensis Clark and Durham 1946 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Colombia (Bolivar) Macrocallista masinguiensis (3311)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Colombia (Bolivar) Macrocallista gabrielensis (type locality: 3315)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Panama Costacallista gabrielensis (42528 42532 42533 42534 42537 92981)