Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Callista (Costacallista) erycina, Callista erycina, Cytherea erycina, Dione erycina, Macrocallista erycina, Venus erycina
Belongs to Costacallista according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Marwick 1960, Mukerjee 1939 and Tiwari and Kachhara 2003
Sister taxa: Callista (Costacallista) aequorea, Callista (Costacallista) soledadensis, Costacallista canoasensis, Costacallista gabrielensis, Costacallista hectori, Costacallista laevigata, Costacallista leiotera, Costacallista mancorensis, Costacallista mortoni, Costacallista suberycinoides, Macrocallista (Costacallista) emmonsi, Macrocallista (Costacallista) hornii, Macrocallista (Costacallista) pseudoumbonella, Macrocallista (Costacallista) pseudoyawensis, Macrocallista (Costacallista) steinekei, Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of India (1 collection)
• Miocene of India (4), Italy (3), South Africa (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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