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Macrocallista (Costacallista) steinekei

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Macrocallista (Costacallista) steinekei was named by Clark and Durham (1946). Its type specimen is UCMP 34890, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UC S60, which is in the Eocene of sandstone/conglomerate Colombia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Macrocallista (Costacallista) steinekei Clark and Durham p. 66

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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)
genusMacrocallistaPalmer 1926
subgenusCostacallista
speciessteinekei

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.

Macrocallista (Costacallista) steinekei Clark and Durham 1946
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Diagnosis
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