''Callista'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...

of saltwater clams, marine,

bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of marine and freshwater Mollusca, molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hing ...

molluscs Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is estim ...

in the family

Veneridae The Veneridae or venerids, common name: Venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. Over 500 living species of venerid bivalves are known, most of which are edible, and many of which are ex ...

, the venus clams.

Species

Species within the genus ''Callista'' include: * '' 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 1806Mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. JB Lamarck - Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1806 - Age range: 48.6 to 40.4 Ma, found only at Falunière de Grignon (Eocene of France)

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q2934237 Veneridae Bivalve genera