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Mesocallista

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy

Mesocallista was named by Cox (1952) [Sepkoski's age data: K u K Maes]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Aphrodina (Mesocallista) by Reyment (1955).

It was assigned to Aphrodina by Reyment (1955); to Pitarinae by Vokes (1980), Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Aphrodina (Mesocallista) andersoni, Aphrodina (Mesocallista) quenseli, Aphrodina (Mesocallista) riedeli, M. (Mesocallista), M. subovalis (syn. Cytherea ovalis, Cytherea fabacea, Venus fabacea, Venus ovalis)

Species lacking formal opinion data

Aphrodina euglypha, M. discoidalis, M. euglypha, M. garudana, M. hoernesi, M. judaica, M. kochi, M. rohfsi, M. rohlfsi, M. rostrocentralis, M. solitaria, M. telugensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1952	Mesocallista Cox
1955	Aphrodina (Mesocallista) Reyment p. 146
1980	Mesocallista Vokes p. 171
1983	Mesocallista Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 98
2002	Mesocallista Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Veneroidei	(Gray 1854)
—	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Callocardiinae	(Dall 1895)
genus	Mesocallista	Cox 1952

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. †Mesocallista Cox 1952

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†Aphrodina (Mesocallista) andersoni Newton 1909

†Aphrodina (Mesocallista) quenseli Reyment 1954

†Aphrodina (Mesocallista) riedeli Reyment 1955

Subg. †Mesocallista (Mesocallista) Cox 1952

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†Mesocallista (Mesocallista) analoga Forbes 1846

†Mesocallista (Mesocallista) chinhauaninae Gliozzi and Malatesta 1983

†Mesocallista (Mesocallista) vagrans Stoliczka 1870

†Mesocallista subovalis Orbigny 1850

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Invalid names: Cytherea fabacea Roemer 1885 [synonym], Cytherea ovalis Goldfuss 1884 [synonym], Venus fabacea Roemer 1841 [synonym], Venus ovalis Sowerby 1841 [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 Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 106.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (81 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Spain	M. andersoni (66129)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	India	M. analoga, M. vagrans (228245)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Nigeria	Aphrodina quenseli (210142)
Middle Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	India	M. sp., M. analoga, M. vagrans (228244 228246)
Early/Lower Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Cameroon	Callistina plana (209650)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Cameroon	Callistina plana (177976 209647 209664)
Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Nigeria (Enugu)	Aphrodina riedeli (90241)
Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Belgium (Namur)	M. subovalis (51518)
Early/Lower Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Poland	Cytherea ovalis (179488)
Early/Lower Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Congo-Brazzaville	Aphrodina euglypha (191892)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Mozambique	M. euglypha (174826)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Germany	Cytherea ovalis (64143)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Israel	M. andersoni (80979 80980 80983 80984 80987 80988 80992 80995) M. rohfsi, M. andersoni (80993) M. rohlfsi, M. andersoni (80985 80990 80997)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Nigeria (Enugu)	Aphrodina andersoni (82733)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Argentina (Neuquén)	M. solitaria (73882 73960 73962 73963 73964)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Senegal	M. rohlfsi (1366)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Jordan	M. judaica, M. rohlfsi, M. andersoni (1358)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	India	M. discoidalis, M. garudana, M. telugensis, M. analoga, M. vagrans (1351)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Japan	M. sp. (1315)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Libya	M. euglypha, M. garudana, M. judaica, M. rohlfsi, M. telugensis, M. analoga (1370) M. rohlfsi (1364)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Austria	M. hoernesi (1379)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Argentina (Neuquén)	M. solitaria (74011 74014 74015 74016 74017 74018 74019 74020 74022 74070 74073 74074 74084 74089 74090)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Serbia	M. kochi (1380)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Argentina (Santa Cruz)	M. solitaria (1371)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Mozambique	M. chinhauaninae (1382)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Tunisia	M. analoga (1365)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Algeria	M. sp., M. rohlfsi (1344)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Morocco	M. rohlfsi (1359)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Niger (Tahoua)	M. sp. (47112 47115)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Oman	M. andersoni (1381)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Argentina (Chubut)	M. solitaria (74093 74095 74105 74106 74107 74108 74111 74114 74115 74116 74117 74119 74122 74127)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Egypt	M. rohlfsi, M. rostrocentralis (1363)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Nigeria	Aphrodina andersoni (82732) M. euglypha, M. andersoni (1329)