Callista (bivalve)

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Kingdom Animalia Order Veneroida Scientific name Callista Rank Genus		Class Bivalvia Family Veneridae Phylum Mollusca

Similar Smooth clam, Callista chinensis, Dosinia, Pitar, Paphia

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 Lamarck 1806 - Age range: 48.6 to 40.4 Ma, found only at Falunière de Grignon (Eocene of France)

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