Callista gigantea Gmelin 1791 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Venus gigantea
Belongs to Callista according to F. S. Holmes 1860
Sister taxa: Callista (Callista), Callista (Microcallista), Callista annexa, Callista diemenensis, Callista elongatotrigona, Callista kitsoni, Callista mcgrathiana, Callista planatella, Callista pseudoplana, Callista subdiaphana, Cytherea (Callista) exintermedia, Cytherea (Callista) florida, Cytherea (Callista) splendida, Meretrix (Callista) montensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Callista gigantea in the database
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