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Macrocallista (Macrocallista)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Macrocallista (Macrocallista) Meek p. 179
1943Macrocallista (Macrocallista) Gardner p. 122

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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
subgenusMacrocallistaMeek 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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:36:59
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:36:59
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 28.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Macrocallista acuminata (71651 71652)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Macrocallista acuminata (42367 42424 42443 68971)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Macrocallista nimbosa (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Macrocallista reposta (78264 78265 78266)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Macrocallista reposta (59484 59486 69044 79761 79959 80037)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Macrocallista reposta (59307 59309 59310 59327 68979 69018 79342 79343)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Macrocallista nimbosa (60944)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Macrocallista nimbosa (41501 61309 79331 79786 79787 79788 79789 80002 80025) Macrocallista reposta (80024)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Macrocallista reposta (59316 59318 69043 79339 79340 80035) Macrocallista sp. (80033)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Macrocallista nimbosa (80053) Macrocallista reposta (80083)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Macrocallista reposta (59313)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Macrocallista nimbosa (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Macrocallista nimbosa (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Macrocallista nimbosa (60928 60930 66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Macrocallista nimbosa (66742 66750 69045)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Macrocallista nimbosa (41740 61311 80001)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Macrocallista nimbosa (41935 92776)