Callista (bivalve)

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Callista
Veneridae - Callista chione.JPG
A shell of Callista chione
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus:Callista
Poli, 1791
Species

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

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Veneridae family of molluscs

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 exploited as food sources.

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Species

Species within the genus Callista include: [1]

Extinct species

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References

  1. Biolib
  2. Mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris. JB Lamarck - Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, 1806
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