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Taxonomy
Macrocallista was named by Meek (1876) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 705]. It is extant. Its type is Venus nimbosa.
It was reranked as Callista (Macrocallista) by Woods (1922), Moore (1976) and Squires (1987).
It was assigned to Meretricinae by Glenn (1904) and Gardner (1943); to Venerinae by Iqbal (1973); to Callista by Woods (1922), Moore (1976) and Squires (1987); to Pitarinae by Adegoke (1977), Woodring (1982) and Ward (1992); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Veneridae by Nagao (1928), Nagao (1928), Mukerjee (1939), Durham (1944), Rivera (1957), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Todd (2001) and Morales-Ortega et al. (2016).
It was reranked as Callista (Macrocallista) by Woods (1922), Moore (1976) and Squires (1987).
It was assigned to Meretricinae by Glenn (1904) and Gardner (1943); to Venerinae by Iqbal (1973); to Callista by Woods (1922), Moore (1976) and Squires (1987); to Pitarinae by Adegoke (1977), Woodring (1982) and Ward (1992); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Veneridae by Nagao (1928), Nagao (1928), Mukerjee (1939), Durham (1944), Rivera (1957), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Todd (2001) and Morales-Ortega et al. (2016).
Species
Callista (Macrocallista) dickersoni, Callista (Macrocallista) domenginica, M. (Macrocallista), M. (Megapitaria), M. andersoni, M. arenophila, M. aurilitoralis, M. caryi, M. cathcartensis, M. cavachana, M. densa, M. ewekoroensis, M. femii, M. furlongi, M. greeni, M. hanzawai, M. inca, M. incognita, M. kahoensis, M. lunulata, M. maculata (syn. Cytherea (Meretrix) dariena), M. marylandica, M. matsuraensis, M. minuscula, M. packi, M. pittsburgensis, M. rearensis, M. stantoni, M. tecolotensis, M. tia, M. traftoni, M. weaveri, M. williamsoni
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1876 | Macrocallista Meek p. 179 |
1904 | Macrocallista Glenn p. 311 |
1922 | Callista (Macrocallista) Woods p. 71 |
1928 | Macrocallista Nagao p. 66 |
1939 | Macrocallista Mukerjee p. 20 |
1943 | Macrocallista Gardner p. 122 |
1944 | Macrocallista Durham p. 146 |
1957 | Macrocallista Rivera p. 195 |
1973 | Macrocallista Iqbal p. 19 |
1976 | Callista (Macrocallista) Moore p. 48 |
1977 | Macrocallista Adegoke p. 281 |
1982 | Macrocallista Woodring p. 689 |
1987 | Callista (Macrocallista) Squires p. 70 |
1987 | Macrocallista Ward and Blackwelder p. 130 |
1992 | Macrocallista Ward p. 100 |
2001 | Macrocallista Todd |
2002 | Macrocallista Sepkoski |
2016 | Macrocallista Morales-Ortega et al. p. 15 |
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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.
G. Macrocallista Meek 1876
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†Callista (Macrocallista) dickersoni Woods 1922
†Callista (Macrocallista) domenginica Vokes 1939
Subg. Macrocallista (Macrocallista) Meek 1876
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†Macrocallista (Macrocallista) acuminata Dall 1903
Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa Solander 1786
†Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta Conrad 1834
Subg. Macrocallista (Megapitaria) Grant and Gale 1931
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Macrocallista (Megapitaria) albaria Say 1830
Megapitaria aurantiaca Sowerby 1831
Megapitaria squalida Sowerby 1833
†Macrocallista andersoni Dickerson 1915
†Macrocallista arenophila Ihering 1907
†Macrocallista aurilitoralis Cox 1952
†Macrocallista caryi Nelson 1925
†Macrocallista cathcartensis Weaver 1912
†Macrocallista cavachana Hanna and Israelsky 1925
†Macrocallista densa Moody 1916
†Macrocallista ewekoroensis Adegoke 1977
†Macrocallista femii Adegoke 1977
†Macrocallista furlongi Nelson 1925
†Macrocallista greeni Ward and Blackwelder 1987
†Macrocallista hanzawai Nagao 1928
†Macrocallista inca Olsson 1928
†Macrocallista incognita Clark 1918
†Macrocallista kahoensis Nagao 1928
†Macrocallista lunulata Adegoke 1977
Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Cytherea (Meretrix) dariena Conrad 1855 [synonym]
†Macrocallista marylandica Conrad 1833
†Macrocallista matsuraensis Nagao 1928
†Macrocallista minuscula Kellum 1926
†Macrocallista packi Dickerson 1914
†Macrocallista pittsburgensis Dall 1900
Macrocallista rearensis Clark 1932
†Macrocallista stantoni Waring 1917
†Macrocallista tecolotensis Hanna 1927
†Macrocallista tia Kellum 1926
Macrocallista traftoni Olsson 1942
†Macrocallista weaveri Clark 1918
†Macrocallista williamsoni Weaver and Palmer 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Albian to the top of the Holocene or 113.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma
Collections (509 total)
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Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Albian | Australia (Queensland) | M. plana (222686) | |
Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (California) | M. furlongi (192824) | |
Danian | USA (California) | M. stantoni (193035) | |
Danian - Selandian | USA (California) | M. furlongi (220450) | |
Paleocene | Russian Federation | M. kovatschensis (50125) | |
Paleocene | USA (California) | M. furlongi (90071) M. packi (190781 190795) | |
Selandian | Nigeria | M. aurilitoralis, M. ewekoroensis, M. lunulata, M. femii (7791) | |
Selandian | USA (California) | M. stantoni (205398) M. stantoni, M. furlongi (215686) | |
Thanetian | USA (California) | M. sp. (52596) | |
Thanetian | USA (Louisiana) | Callista sp. (98910) M. sp. (173476) | |
Ypresian | USA (Georgia) | M. subimpressa (98655) | |
Ypresian | USA (Texas) | Callista triangulata (91844) M. triangulata (91845) | |
Ypresian | USA (Virginia) | M. subimpressa (90473 101242 101313 101315) | |
Ypresian | USA (Maryland) | M. subimpressa (91117 91551 99291) | |
Ypresian | USA (California) | M. domenginica, Meretrix hornii (122294) | |
Ypresian | USA (Mississippi) | Callista sylvaerupis (100148) M. sylvaerupis (89868 89872 90028 90029 90030) | |
Ypresian | USA (Alabama) | Callista sylvaerupis (92375) M. sylvaerupis (80764 80765 80766 80767 80776 80779 80785 80788 80792 83809 83810 83811 83812 89873 89946 90038 90039 90040 90143 90144 90145 97454 194354) | |
Eocene | Peru | M. cavachana (93758) | |
Eocene | USA (California) | M. andersoni (207112 207114) | |
Eocene | Russian Federation | M. stantoni, M. furlongi (50078) |