Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Macrocallista (Costacallista) hornii, Meretrix hornii, Pitar (Lamelliconcha) hornii
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Callista (Costacallista) according to R. L. Squires 1984
See also Gabb 1864, Gabb 1869, Squires 1987, Squires 1988, Stewart 1930, Vokes 1939 and Waring 1917
Sister taxa: Callista (Costacallista) aequorea, Callista (Costacallista) soledadensis, Costacallista canoasensis, Costacallista erycina, Costacallista gabrielensis, Costacallista hectori, Costacallista laevigata, Costacallista leiotera, Costacallista mancorensis, Costacallista mortoni, Costacallista suberycinoides, Macrocallista (Costacallista) emmonsi, Macrocallista (Costacallista) pseudoumbonella, Macrocallista (Costacallista) pseudoyawensis, Macrocallista (Costacallista) steinekei, Microcallista (Costacallista) conradiana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (41: California collections)
• Paleocene of United States (3: California)
Total: 44 collections each including a single occurrence
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