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Callista (bivalve)
''Callista'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine, bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, 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 Callista, al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callista Chione
''Callista chione'', the smooth clam, is a rather large, temperate, marine, bivalve mollusc that inhabits sandy bottoms or with small pebbles in clean waters down to about 200 m from the British Isles to the Mediterranean. The shell can reach up to about 110 mm Ø, its outer side is smooth and ranges from light greenish creamy colour to medium brown, probably varies to match the background; the interior is white to soft pink. The concentric and radial growth lines are easily seen. ''Callista chione'' is edible, different dishes are prepared throughout the Mediterranean in Spain, Italy, France, the Balkan and the Maghreb countries. It has been found that, as is the case with many bivalve molluscs, which are filter-feeders, (they feed by filtering food particles from the water), that ''Callista chione'', common in fish markets in the Mediterranean, concentrates toxins from dinoflagellates blooms associated with pollution events such as red tides, sewage water, old sediment dre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callista Impar
Callista, also spelled Calista, Callistee, Kallista, Kalista and Kallistee, comes from the Greek for "most beautiful (feminine)" (καλλίστη – ''kallístē''). Callista may refer to: Nature * ''Callista'' (bivalve), a genus of bivalves * ''Callista'' Lour., a synonym of ''Dendrobium'', an orchid genus * ''Callista'' D.Don, a synonym of ''Erica'', a heath or heather genus Entertainment * A '' SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron'' character, the presumed ancestor of Deputy Mayor Callie Briggs * ''Callista'' (novel), 1855 novel by John Henry Newman * Callista Ming, a character in the ''Star Wars'' Expanded Universe * A main character from the video game ''The Last Story'' People * Callista Balko, American athlete * Callista Chimombo, Malawian politician * Calista Flockhart, American actress * Callista Gingrich, wife of Newt Gingrich * Callista Roy, American nursing theorist Science * 204 Kallisto, an S-type asteroid which was discovered in 1879 * Callisto (moon), one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |