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Callista (Costacallista) hornii

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Meretrix hornii was named by Gabb (1864).

It was recombined as Macrocallista (Costacallista) hornii by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Pitar (Lamelliconcha) hornii by Vokes (1939); it was recombined as Callista (Costacallista) hornii by Squires (1984), Squires (1987) and Squires (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Meretrix hornii Gabb p. 164 figs. pl. 23, fig. 144
1869Meretrix hornii Gabb p. 185 figs. PI. 30, Fig. 78
1917Meretrix hornii Waring p. 94 figs. Pl. 15, Figs. 9 and 19
1930Macrocallista (Costacallista) hornii Stewart pp. 242 -243 figs. Plate 12, fig. 8; pl. 17, fig:. 7
1939Pitar (Lamelliconcha) hornii Vokes p. 86 figs. Plate 13, Figure 6
1984Callista (Costacallista) hornii Squires p. 51 figs. Figure 12g
1987Callista (Costacallista) hornii Squires p. 69
1988Callista (Costacallista) hornii Squires p. 19

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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
subfamilyCallocardiinae(Dall 1895)
genusCallistaPalmer 1926
subgenusCostacallista
specieshornii()

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 59.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Callista hornii (52602 52603 52606)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Callista hornii (178748 178749 193544 193545 193547 193548) Meretrix hornii (122337 122339) Pitar hornii (122656)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Callista hornii (200144)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Meretrix hornii (91476 190801 207112 207113 207115 207116 207119 207120 207121 207123 207124)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Callista hornii (5531 5540 94824 200758 200759 200760 200762 200766 200851 200852 200853 207189) Macrocallista hornii (194411 194416)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Callista hornii (202056)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) Macrocallista hornii (52805) Meretrix hornii (122295 122336 122340)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (California) Meretrix hornii (193037)