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Costacallista

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCallocardiinae(Dall 1895)
genusCostacallistaPalmer 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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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
Costacallista leiotera Woodring 1982
Costacallista mortoni Conrad 1834
Macrocallista (Costacallista) steinekei Clark and Durham 1946
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 66.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (167 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland C. montensis (27625)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Callista hornii (52602 52603 52606)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Callista hornii (178748 178749 193544 193545 193547 193548) Macrocallista meganosensis (52420 52421 52422 52423 52425 52426 52428 52434) Meretrix hornii (122339) Meretrix hornii, Macrocallista conradiana (122337)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Oregon) Macrocallista conradiana (200795 200796 200797 200798 200800 200803 200804 200873 200919) Microcallista conradiana (52266 52267 52271 52278 52279 52302 52303 52304 52305 52307)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (8104)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Rajasthan) Macrocallista punjabensis (46999)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Callista hornii (200144)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Macrocallista conradiana (207126 207127) Meretrix hornii (190801 207116 207119 207120) Meretrix hornii, Macrocallista conradiana (207112 207113 207115 207121 207123 207124)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Peru (Ica) Macrocallista steinekei (84680)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Colombia (Bolivar) Macrocallista masinguiensis (3311)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (Alaska) C. conradiana (44070) Microcallista conradiana (44069)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2USA (California) Callista hornii (202056)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Callista hornii (94824 200758 200759 200760 200762 200766 200851 200852 200853 207189) Callista soledadensis (16712 200738 200739 200743 200744 200751 200754 200755) Macrocallista hornii (194416) Microcallista conradiana (194413) Microcallista conradiana, Macrocallista hornii (194411)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Callista aequorea (205532) Callista sp. (205496)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Oregon) Macrocallista conradiana (200874 200880 201040 201041)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Macrocallista laevigata (8047 8125) Macrocallista suberycinoides, Macrocallista laevigata (8124)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Yvelines) C. laevigata (177970 177971 177972 177973 177974 177975)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan Macrocallista pseudoyawensis (77377 77378)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3New Zealand (Canterbury) C. hectori (50147) Notocallista hectori (50161)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France C. laevigata (171535)
Bortonian43.0 - 37.2New Zealand (South Island) C. hectori (205332)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Microcallista conradiana (203164)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Callista aequorea (205429)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) Meretrix hornii (122336) Meretrix hornii, Macrocallista conradiana (122295 122340)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alaska) Microcallista conradiana (194392 194397)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Meretrix laevigata (3721)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Callista aequorea (5332 5334 81279 205438) Callista aequorea, Callista mortoni (5311 5312 5318 5320 5321 5322 5330 81266 81278 81282 205489) Callista aequorea, Callista mortoni, Callista aldrichi (90600)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Callista mortoni (99756)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0New Zealand (Canterbury) C. hectori (52131)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Callista laevigata (42636 42644)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Meretrix laevigata, Meretrix suberycinoides (3494)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Bolivar) Macrocallista steinekei, Macrocallista gabrielensis (3315)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (California) Marcia conradiana, Meretrix hornii (193037)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama C. gabrielensis (42528 42532 42533 42534 42537 92981)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Peru (Piura) Callista canoasensis (55437)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Peru (Piura) Callista mancorensis (64559)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Italy (Pordenone) Callista erycina (37352)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Sri Lanka Macrocallista pseudoumbonella (77650)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Cytherea pseudoumbonella (77171 77172)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Callista erycina (72083 78641) Callista sp. 1, Callista sp., Callista n. sp. 2 (72084) Macrocallista erycina (76573 76574) Macrocallista florida, Macrocallista lilacina (72033)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Callista xesta (111599)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Callista erycina (178108)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic C. sp. (74962)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Sri Lanka Macrocallista pseudoumbonella (77477)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Dominican Republic C. sp. (74963)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy Callista erycina (178116)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) C. leiotera (142895 142898)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama C. leiotera (82116 82121 82124 82126)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan Cytherea pseudoumbonella (77133)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Macrocallista erycina (41473)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India Macrocallista erycina (77658)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Callista planivieta (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Macrocallista emmonsi (59307)