''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 n ...
of saltwater clams, marine,
bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, biv ...
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 esti ...
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 ...
, the venus clams.
Species
Species within the genus ''Callista'' include:
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Callista bardwelli ''Clench & Mclean, 1936
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Callista brevisiphonata'' Carpenter, 1865
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Callista chinensis 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 biva ...
'' Holten, 1802
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Callista chione'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Callista costata 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 biva ...
'' Dillwyn, 1817
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Callista erycina 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 biva ...
'' Linnaeus, 1758
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Callista eucymata 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 biva ...
'' Dall, 1890
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Callista florida 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 biva ...
'' Lamarck, 1818
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Callista grata'' Deshayes, 1853
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Callista impar'' Lamarck, 1818
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Callista maculata'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Callista multiradiata'' Sowerby, 1851
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Callista phasianella'' Deshayes, 1854
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Callista pilsbryi'' Habe, 1960
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Callista planatella'' Lamarck, 1818
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Callista politissima'' Kuroda, 1945
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Callista roscida'' Gould, 1861
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Callista semisulcata'' Sowerby, 1851
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Callista squalida'' Sowerby, 1835
; Extinct species
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Callista elegans 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 biva ...
'' Lamarck 1806
[Mémoires 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
External links
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Veneridae
Bivalve genera