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Eocallista pulchella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	318060	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=318060

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Corbiculidae : Eocallista : Eocallista pulchella

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
superfamily	Corbiculoidea	Gray 1847
family	Corbiculidae	Gray 1847
genus	Eocallista	Douvillé 1921
species	Eocallista pulchella	(Loriol and Pellat 1868)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eocallista pulchella	species	belongs to Cyprina	stated with evidence	Loriol and Pellat, 1868
Eocallista pulchella	species	belongs to Eocallista	stated with evidence	Alencaster, 1977

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

157 - 152 Ma
Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

157 - 152 Ma
Jurassic

Environment

brackish,freshwater (based on Corbiculidae)

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Corbiculidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Corbiculidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

G. Alencaster. 1977. Moluscos y braquiopodos del Jurasico superior de Chiapas [Upper Jurassic molluscs and brachiopods from Chiapas]. Revista mexicana de ciencias geologicas 1(2):151-166

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1868	Cyprina pulchella Loriol and Pellat p. 55 figs. Pl. 4, Fig. 10
1977	Eocallista pulchella Alencaster p. 160 fig. 13

References

Alencaster G. (1977) Moluscos y braquiopodos del Jurasico superior de Chiapas [Upper Jurassic molluscs and brachiopods from Chiapas], Revista mexicana de ciencias geologicas 1 2, 151-166

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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