Callista (bivalve)

{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}

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| image = Veneridae - Callista chione.JPG

| image_caption = A shell of Callista chione

| taxon = Callista

| authority = Poli, 1791

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

}}

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

Species

Species within the genus Callista include:[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id132015/ Biolib]

; 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)

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