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Macrocallista

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Macrocallista Meek p. 179
1904Macrocallista Glenn p. 311
1922Callista (Macrocallista) Woods p. 71
1928Macrocallista Nagao p. 66
1939Macrocallista Mukerjee p. 20
1943Macrocallista Gardner p. 122
1944Macrocallista Durham p. 146
1957Macrocallista Rivera p. 195
1973Macrocallista Iqbal p. 19
1976Callista (Macrocallista) Moore p. 48
1977Macrocallista Adegoke p. 281
1982Macrocallista Woodring p. 689
1987Callista (Macrocallista) Squires p. 70
1987Macrocallista Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1992Macrocallista Ward p. 100
2001Macrocallista Todd
2002Macrocallista Sepkoski
2016Macrocallista Morales-Ortega et al. p. 15

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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
genusMacrocallistaMeek 1876

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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Macrocallista andersoni Dickerson 1915
Macrocallista arenophila Ihering 1907
Macrocallista caryi Nelson 1925
Macrocallista cavachana Hanna and Israelsky 1925
Macrocallista densa Moody 1916
Macrocallista femii Adegoke 1977
Macrocallista furlongi Nelson 1925
Macrocallista greeni Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Macrocallista hanzawai Nagao 1928
Macrocallista inca Olsson 1928
Macrocallista lunulata Adegoke 1977
Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Cytherea (Meretrix) dariena Conrad 1855 [synonym]
Macrocallista minuscula Kellum 1926
Macrocallista packi Dickerson 1914
Macrocallista stantoni Waring 1917
Macrocallista tia Kellum 1926
Macrocallista weaveri Clark 1918
Macrocallista williamsoni Weaver and Palmer 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-04 16:36:59
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:36:59
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
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

Collections (509 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Australia (Queensland) M. plana (222686)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (California) M. furlongi (192824)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (California) M. stantoni (193035)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (California) M. furlongi (220450)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Russian Federation M. kovatschensis (50125)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) M. furlongi (90071) M. packi (190781 190795)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria M. aurilitoralis, M. ewekoroensis, M. lunulata, M. femii (7791)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (California) M. stantoni (205398) M. stantoni, M. furlongi (215686)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) M. sp. (52596)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Callista sp. (98910) M. sp. (173476)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Georgia) M. subimpressa (98655)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) Callista triangulata (91844) M. triangulata (91845)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Virginia) M. subimpressa (90473 101242 101313 101315)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Maryland) M. subimpressa (91117 91551 99291)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) M. domenginica, Meretrix hornii (122294)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Mississippi) Callista sylvaerupis (100148) M. sylvaerupis (89868 89872 90028 90029 90030)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (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)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Peru M. cavachana (93758)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) M. andersoni (207112 207114)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Russian Federation M. stantoni, M. furlongi (50078)