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Costacallista

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy

Costacallista was named by Palmer (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 705]. It is extant. Its type is Venus erycina.

It was reranked as Macrocallista (Costacallista) by Turner (1938), Gardner (1943), Rivera (1957), Dey (1961) and Iqbal (1973); it was reranked as Microcallista (Costacallista) by Weaver (1942); it was reranked as Callista (Costacallista) by Marasti (1973), Squires (1984), Squires (1987) and Squires (1988).

It was assigned to Veneridae by Olsson (1931); to Microcallista by Weaver (1942); to Meretricinae by Marwick (1960); to Macrocallista by Turner (1938), Gardner (1943), Rivera (1957), Dey (1961) and Iqbal (1973); to Callista by Marasti (1973), Squires (1984), Squires (1987) and Squires (1988); to Pitarinae by Adegoke (1977), Woodring (1982) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Species lacking formal opinion data

C. montensis, Macrocallista lilacina

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1926	Costacallista Palmer pp. 73, 84
1931	Costacallista Olsson p. 60
1938	Macrocallista (Costacallista) Turner p. 55
1942	Microcallista (Costacallista) Weaver p. 172
1943	Macrocallista (Costacallista) Gardner p. 123
1957	Macrocallista (Costacallista) Rivera p. 195
1960	Costacallista Marwick p. 15
1961	Macrocallista (Costacallista) Dey
1973	Macrocallista (Costacallista) Iqbal p. 19
1973	Callista (Costacallista) Marasti p. 110
1977	Costacallista Adegoke p. 281
1982	Costacallista Woodring p. 691
1984	Callista (Costacallista) Squires p. 51
1987	Callista (Costacallista) Squires p. 69
1988	Callista (Costacallista) Squires p. 19
1995	Costacallista Pacaud and Le Renard p. 183
2002	Costacallista 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	Costacallista	Palmer 1926

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. Costacallista Palmer 1926

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†Callista (Costacallista) aequorea Conrad 1833

†Callista (Costacallista) hornii Gabb 1864

†Callista (Costacallista) soledadensis Hanna 1927

†Costacallista canoasensis Olsson 1931

Costacallista erycina Linnaeaus 1758

†Costacallista gabrielensis Clark and Durham 1946

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Invalid names: Macrocallista (Costacallista) masinguiensis Clark and Durham 1946 [synonym]

†Costacallista hectori Finlay and Marwick 1937

†Costacallista laevigata Lamarck 1806