''Callista'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of saltwater clams, marine,

bivalve Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...

molluscs Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...

in the family

Veneridae The Veneridae or venerids, common name: Venus (mythology), 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 m ...

, 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)

References

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* Veneridae Bivalve genera {{Veneridae-stub