Callista (bivalve) explained

Callista is a genus of saltwater clams, marine, bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.

Species

Species within the genus Callista include:^[1]

• 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^[2] - Age range: 48.6 to 40.4 Ma, found only at Falunière de Grignon (Eocene of France)

Notes and References

1. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id132015/ Biolib
2. Mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. JB Lamarck - Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1806