Callista (bivalve)
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| A shell of Callista chione | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Callista Poli, 1791 |
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Callista is a genus of saltwater clams, marine, bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.
Species[edit]
Species within the genus Callista include:[1]
- Callista bardwelli Clench & Mclean, 1936
- Callista brevisiphonata Carpenter, 1865
- Callista chinensis Holten, 1802
- Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Callista costata Dillwyn, 1817
- Callista erycina Linnaeus, 1758
- Callista eucymata Dall, 1890
- Callista florida Lamarck, 1818
- Callista grata Deshayes, 1853
- Callista impar Lamarck, 1818
- Callista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Callista multiradiata Sowerby, 1851
- Callista phasianella Deshayes, 1854
- Callista pilsbryi Habe, 1960
- Callista planatella Lamarck, 1818
- Callista politissima Kuroda, 1945
- Callista roscida Gould, 1861
- Callista semisulcata Sowerby, 1851
- Callista squalida Sowerby, 1835
- Extinct species
- †Callista elegans Lamarck 1806[2] - Age range: 48.6 to 40.4 Ma, found only at Falunière de Grignon (Eocene of France)
References[edit]
External links[edit]
- "†Callista elegans Lamarck 1806". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 16 August 2016.