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Callista (Costacallista) aequorea

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy

Callista (Costacallista) aequorea was named by Conrad (1833) [m. kosnik taxon no: 7004].

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. abscurata, C. adamsi, C. aequora, C. aldrichi, C. alta, C. aurita, C. boettgeri, C. bruxellensis, C. chionides, C. duponti, C. erychinoides, C. goniopisthus, C. hanzawai, C. horni, C. impar, C. italica, C. lilacinoides, C. lisbonensis, C. macra, C. marylandica, C. matsuuraensis, C. mcgrathiana, C. mergrathiana, C. misawaensis, C. pedemontana, C. peplucida, C. perlensis, C. phasianella, C. plana, C. sobrina, C. taurorugosa, C. transversa, C. ventricola, C. williamsoni, C. gauderdorfensis, C. italica, C. aldrichi, C. beyrichi, C. planivieta, C. reussi, C. xesta, C. brevisiphonata, C. kurodae, C. sylvaerupis, C. triangulata, C. montensis, C. wilckensi, Costacallista montensis, Cytherea spendida, Macrocallista conradiana, Macrocallista domenginica, Macrocallista florida, Macrocallista lilacina, Macrocallista punjabensis, Meretrix florida, Meretrix yawensis, Pitar bonnetensis, Pitar heberti, Pitar villanovae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1833	Callista (Costacallista) aequorea Conrad
2003	Callista (Costacallista) aequorea Kiessling

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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
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	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	Callista	Palmer 1926
subgenus	Costacallista
species	aequorea	Conrad 1833

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.

†Callista (Costacallista) aequorea Conrad 1833

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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: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	USA (Texas)	Callista aequorea (205532)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Texas)	Callista aequorea (205429)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Alabama)	Callista aequorea (5311 5312 5318 5320 5321 5322 5330 5332 5334 81266 81278 81279 81282 90600 205438 205489)