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Callista (Callista) perovata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Cytherea perovata was named by Conrad (1833). Its type specimen is ANSP 30525, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Meretrix perovata by Conrad (1854) and Harris (1919); it was recombined as Dione perovata by Conrad (1865); it was recombined as Callista (Callista) perovata by Palmer (1927) and Kosnik (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Cytherea perovata Conrad p. 37 figs. pl. 19, fig. 5
1854Meretrix perovata Conrad p. 30
1865Dione perovata Conrad p. 6
1919Meretrix perovata Harris p. 138
1927Callista (Callista) perovata Palmer p. 74
2002Callista (Callista) perovata Kosnik

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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
subfamilyCallistinaeHabe and Kosuge 1967
genusCallistaPoli 1791
subgenusCallistaPoli 1791
speciesperovata(Conrad 1833)

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 47.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Callista perovata (81179 81182 92642)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (South Carolina) Callista perovata (52344)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Callista perovata (1440 1443 1444 81208 81224 81253 81254)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Virginia) Callista perovata (1445 1446 1447 1448)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Callista perovata (205420 205439 205490)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Colombia Cytherea perovata (88278)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Callista perovata (44405 44408 44410 44517 44518)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Callista perovata (2416 2417 2418 5311 5312 5318 5320 5321 5322 5330 5332 5334 5335 81266 81275 81278 81282 90469 90600 98355 205438 205489)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Callista perovata (2451)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Callista perovata (92308 92355) Cytherea perovata (92487 92489)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Georgia) Callista perovata (98630)