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Taxonomy
Microcallista was named by Stewart (1930) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant. Its type is Cytherea proxima.
It was reranked as Callista (Microcallista) by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995) and Le Renard and Pacaud (1995).
It was assigned to Pitarinae by Vokes (1980); to Callista by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995) and Le Renard and Pacaud (1995); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was reranked as Callista (Microcallista) by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995) and Le Renard and Pacaud (1995).
It was assigned to Pitarinae by Vokes (1980); to Callista by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995) and Le Renard and Pacaud (1995); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1930 | Microcallista Stewart p. 244 figs. Plate 12, fig. 3 |
| 1980 | Microcallista Vokes p. 171 |
| 1995 | Callista (Microcallista) Le Renard and Pacaud p. 71 |
| 1995 | Callista (Microcallista) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 183 |
| 2002 | Microcallista Sepkoski |
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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.
Subg. Callista (Microcallista) Stewart 1930
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†Callista (Microcallista) ariakensis Nagao 1928
†Callista (Microcallista) proxima Deshayes 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 70.60000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (22 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (California) | Callista n. sp. (224893) Callista sp. (66683) | |
| Danian | France | Microcallista montensis (20816) | |
| Danian | Belgium | Microcallista montensis (22931 26891) | |
| Paleogene | Japan (Nagasaki) | Macrocallista ariakensis (203223) | |
| Ypresian | Belgium | Callista proxima (77608) | |
| Eocene | Japan (Chikugo) | Macrocallista ariakensis (203228) | |
| Lutetian | Belgium | Callista proxima (77611) | |
| Lutetian | Japan | Microcallista munroei (70900) | |
| Middle Eocene | Japan | Callista ariakensis (71014 71015 71016 71017 71025) | |
| Bartonian | Japan | Microcallista munroei (70903 70906) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Greenland | Macrocallista proxima (88288 88289 88291 88292) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Japan | Macrocallista ariakensis (203227) |