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Callista (Callista)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Callista (Callista) Poli p. 29
1995Callista (Callista) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 183

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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
subfamilyCallistinaeHabe and Kosuge 1967
genusCallistaPoli 1791
subgenusCallistaPoli 1791

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 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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (103 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain Tivelina elegans (75366 75367 75369 75370)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Callista perovata (81179 81182 92642)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (South Carolina) Callista perovata (52344)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Callista perovata (1440 1443 1444 81208 81224 81253 81254)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Virginia) Callista perovata (1445 1446 1447 1448)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Callista perovata (205420 205439 205490)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Colombia Cytherea perovata (88278)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Tivelina elegans (42636 42639)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Callista perovata (2451)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Callista perovata (92308 92355) Cytherea perovata (92487 92489)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Meretrix elegans, Meretrix distans (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Callista perovata (2416 2417 2418 5311 5312 5318 5320 5321 5322 5330 5332 5334 5335 81266 81275 81278 81282 90469 90600 98355 205438 205489)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Georgia) Callista perovata (98630)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Callista perovata (44405 44408 44410 44517 44518)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Meretrix elegans (3719 3720)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Tivelina elegans (42640)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Italy (Pordenone) Callista chione (37351)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Callista chione (62882 62883)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Callista chione (178108 178110)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Callista chione (61896 61902 61903 61904)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria Callista chione (60288 60289 60291 60292 60312)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland Callista gauderdorfensis (51688)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Japan Callista chinensis (44962)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Italy (Pordenone) Callista chione (37374)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Callista italica (51687)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia Callista chione (73137)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Israel Callista chione (99606)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy (Pordenone) Callista chione (37365)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium Callista chione (77862 77863 77866 77868 77869 77871)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan Callista chinensis (97031 97033)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Callista chione (86802)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Cytherea chione (84795)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan Callista chinensis (97111)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Cytherea chione (84819)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Callista chione (86803)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan Callista chinensis (62301)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain Callista chione (128383)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Callista chione (97962)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan Callista chinensis (97028 97029)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Callista chinensis (89416 89417)