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Macrocallista

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Description

Macrocallista is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrocallista, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2287830	https://www.gbif.org/species/2287830
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17856	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17856

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Macrocallista

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Macrocallista

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Veneroidei
-	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Macrocallista	Meek 1876

Scientific Name

Macrocallista Meek, 1876

Name Published In

Meek, F.B. (1876) A report on the invertebrate Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils of the upper Missouri country. In Hayden, F.V. (Ed.) Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. Invertebrate Paleontology, 9, lxiv + 1–629, 45 pls.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Macrocallista	genus	belongs to Meretricinae	stated with evidence	Glenn, 1904
Macrocallista	subgenus	belongs to Callista	stated without evidence	Woods, 1922
Macrocallista	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Nagao, 1928
Macrocallista	genus	belongs to Meretricinae	stated with evidence	Gardner, 1943
Macrocallista	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Durham, 1944
Macrocallista	genus	belongs to Venerinae	stated without evidence	Iqbal, 1973
Macrocallista	subgenus	belongs to Callista	stated without evidence	Moore, 1976
Macrocallista	genus	belongs to Pitarinae	stated with evidence	Woodring, 1982
Macrocallista	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Macrocallista	subgenus	belongs to Callista	stated without evidence	Squires, 1987
Macrocallista	genus	belongs to Pitarinae	stated without evidence	Ward, 1992
Macrocallista	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Todd, 2001
Macrocallista	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Macrocallista	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Morales-Ortega et al., 2016

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

10 (29%)

First Recorded Appearance

101 - 66 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Veneridae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrocallista

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Macrocallista (Macrocallista) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		58	28.4 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Macrocallista (Megapitaria) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		56	13.8 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Callista (Macrocallista) dickersoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Callista (Macrocallista) domenginica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Callista pittsburgensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cytherea marylandica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macrocallista acuminata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macrocallista arenophila ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Macrocallista cantui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macrocallista caryi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Macrocallista cavachana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Macrocallista cordata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Macrocallista densa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Macrocallista ewekoroensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macrocallista femii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macrocallista furlongi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Macrocallista gilberti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macrocallista greeni species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	3.60 Ma Pliocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Macrocallista gruneri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macrocallista hanzawai ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	47.8 Ma Eocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Macrocallista helenae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macrocallista inca ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Macrocallista incognita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macrocallista kahoensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Macrocallista lunulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macrocallista maculata species	listed (PBDB)		185	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Macrocallista marylandica species	listed (PBDB)		12	23.0 Ma Miocene	13.8 Ma Miocene
Macrocallista matsuraensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Macrocallista meganosensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Macrocallista minuscula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Macrocallista nimbosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macrocallista ovata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macrocallista packi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Macrocallista perduensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macrocallista pittsburgensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		37	38.0 Ma Eocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Macrocallista rearensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Macrocallista stantoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	61.6 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Macrocallista tecolotensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macrocallista tia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	28.4 Ma Oligocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Macrocallista traftoni species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Macrocallista waltonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macrocallista weaveri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Macrocallista williamsoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1876	Macrocallista Meek p. 179
1904	Macrocallista Glenn p. 311
1922	Callista (Macrocallista) Woods p. 71
1928	Macrocallista Nagao p. 66
1939	Macrocallista Mukerjee p. 20
1943	Macrocallista Gardner p. 122
1944	Macrocallista Durham p. 146
1957	Macrocallista Rivera p. 195
1973	Macrocallista Iqbal p. 19

Year	Name and Author
1976	Callista (Macrocallista) Moore p. 48
1982	Macrocallista Woodring p. 689
1987	Callista (Macrocallista) Squires p. 70
1987	Macrocallista Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1992	Macrocallista Ward p. 100
2001	Macrocallista Todd
2002	Macrocallista Sepkoski, Jr.
2016	Macrocallista Morales-Ortega et al. p. 15

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Glenn L. C. (1904) Pelecypoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 274-401

Woods H. (1922) Section A. Mollusca from the Eocene and Miocene deposits of Peru. , Geology of the Tertiary and Quaternary Periods in the Northwest Part of Peru, 51-113

Nagao T. (1928) Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part II, Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 12 1, 11-140

Mukerjee P. N. (1939) Fossil fauna from the Tertiary of Garo Hills, Assam, Palaeontologia Indica 28 1, 1-101

Gardner J. A. (1943) Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199 A

Durham J. W. (1944) Megafaunal zones of the Oligocene of northwestern Washington, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 27, 101 -212

Rivera R. (1957) Moluscos fosiles de la Formacion Paracas, Dpto. de Ica, Sociedad Geologica del Peru Primer Congreso Nacional de Geologia Anales - Parte II 32, 165-219

Iqbal M. W. A. (1973) Biostratigraphy of the Tiyon Formation (Middle Eocene) of Sind, Pakistan, Records of the Geological Survey of Pakistan 22, 1-40

Moore E. J. (1976) Oligocene marine mollusks from the Pittsburg Bluff Formation in Oregon, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 922, 1-66

Woodring W. P. (1982) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 F

Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283

Ward L. W. (1992) Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Virginia Museum of Natural History 2

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

Morales-Ortega P., González-Barba G., et al (2016) New Eocene bivalves from Bateque Formation, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Paleontología Mexicana 5 1, 1-19

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Marshall B.A. & Spencer H.G. (2013) Comments on some taxonomic changes affecting marine Bivalvia of the New Zealand region recently introduced in Huber's Compendium of bivalves, with some additional taxonomic changes. Molluscan Research 33(1): 40-49. - via World Register of Marine Species

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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