''Callista'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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, bival ...

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 taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil sp ...

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 e ...

, 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 ''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 Sea, Mediterranean. The ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Callista costata'' Dillwyn, 1817 * '' Callista erycina'' Linnaeus, 1758 * '' Callista eucymata'' Dall, 1890 * '' Callista florida'' Lamarck, 1818 * ''

Callista grata 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 bival ...

'' Deshayes, 1853 * ''

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 bival ...

'' Lamarck, 1818 * ''

Callista maculata 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 bival ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''

Callista multiradiata 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 bival ...

'' Sowerby, 1851 * ''

Callista phasianella 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 bival ...

'' Deshayes, 1854 * ''

Callista pilsbryi 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 bival ...

'' Habe, 1960 * ''

Callista planatella 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 bival ...

'' Lamarck, 1818 * ''

Callista politissima 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 bival ...

'' Kuroda, 1945 * ''

Callista roscida 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 bival ...

'' Gould, 1861 * ''

Callista semisulcata 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 bival ...

'' Sowerby, 1851 * ''

Callista squalida 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 bival ...

'' 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

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q2934237 Veneridae Bivalve genera