Costacallista erycina Linnaeaus 1758 (venus clam)

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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