Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)

Belongs to Costacallista according to A. A. Olsson 1931

Sister taxa: Callista (Costacallista) aequorea, Callista (Costacallista) hornii, Callista (Costacallista) soledadensis, 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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Punta Bravo Grits at Cerro Verde - Upper Quebrada Canoas, which is in an Oligocene marine sandstone/conglomerate in the Mancora Formation of Peru

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Punta Bravo Grits at Cerro Verde - Upper Quebrada Canoas

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.