Macrocallista maculata Linnaeus 1758 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combinations: Callista (Callista) maculata, Callista maculata, Macrocallista (Chionella) maculata, Macrocallista (Macrocallista) maculata, Macrocallista (Paradione) maculata, Venus maculata

Synonym: Cytherea (Meretrix) dariena Conrad 1855

Belongs to Macrocallista according to P. M. Mikkelsen and R. Bieler 2008

See also Anderson 1929, Brown and Pilsbry 1911, Hendy et al. 2008, Oinomikado 1939, Olsson 1922, Olsson and Harbison 1953 and Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Callista (Macrocallista) dickersoni, Callista (Macrocallista) domenginica, Macrocallista (Macrocallista), Macrocallista (Megapitaria), Macrocallista andersoni, Macrocallista arenophila, Macrocallista aurilitoralis, Macrocallista caryi, Macrocallista cathcartensis, Macrocallista cavachana, Macrocallista densa, Macrocallista ewekoroensis, Macrocallista femii, Macrocallista furlongi, Macrocallista greeni, Macrocallista hanzawai, Macrocallista inca, Macrocallista incognita, Macrocallista kahoensis, Macrocallista lunulata, Macrocallista marylandica, Macrocallista matsuraensis, Macrocallista minuscula, Macrocallista packi, Macrocallista pittsburgensis, Macrocallista rearensis, Macrocallista stantoni, Macrocallista tecolotensis, Macrocallista tia, Macrocallista traftoni, Macrocallista weaveri, Macrocallista williamsoni

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Bermuda (1 collection), the Dominican Republic (2), United States (9: Florida, South Carolina), Venezuela (2)

• Pliocene of Colombia (6), Costa Rica (2), Venezuela (15)

• Miocene of Brazil (2), Colombia (40), Panama (70), Trinidad and Tobago (4), United States (18: Florida), Venezuela (10)

• Oligocene of Panama (2), Venezuela (1)

Total: 184 collections including 185 occurrences

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