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Callista

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Callista was named by Poli (1791) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Meretrix (Callista) by Dall (1900); it was reranked as Cytherea (Callista) by Anderson (1905), Vredenburg (1928).

It was assigned to Meretrix by Dall (1900); to Cytherea by Anderson (1905), Vredenburg (1928); to Pitarinae by Moore (1976), Vokes (1980), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Veneridae by Woods (1922), Olsson (1931), Marasti (1973), Squires (1988), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Wienrich (1999), Vera-Peláez et al. (2004); and to Callistinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species
C. (Callista), C. (Microcallista), C. annexa, C. diemenensis, C. elongatotrigona, C. gigantea, C. kitsoni, C. mcgrathiana, C. planatella, C. pseudoplana, C. subdiaphana, C. subtrigona, Cytherea (Callista) exintermedia, Cytherea (Callista) florida, Cytherea (Callista) splendida
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. abscurata, C. adamsi, C. aequora, C. aldrichi, C. aldrichi, C. alta, C. aurita, C. beyrichi, C. boettgeri, C. brevisiphonata, C. bruxellensis, C. chionides, C. duponti, C. erychinoides, C. gauderdorfensis, C. goniopisthus, C. hanzawai, C. horni, C. impar, C. italica, C. italica, C. kurodae, C. lilacinoides, C. lisbonensis, C. macra, C. marylandica, C. matsuuraensis, C. mcgrathiana, C. mergrathiana, C. misawaensis, C. montensis, C. pedemontana, C. peplucida, C. perlensis, C. phasianella, C. plana, C. planivieta, C. reussi, C. sobrina, C. sylvaerupis, C. taurorugosa, C. transversa, C. triangulata, C. ventricola, C. wilckensi, C. williamsoni, C. xesta, Cytherea spendida, Meretrix florida, Meretrix yawensis, Pitar bonnetensis, Pitar heberti, Pitar villanovae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Callista Poli p. 30
1900Meretrix (Callista) Dall
1905Cytherea (Callista) Anderson p. 196
1922Callista Woods p. 71
1928Cytherea (Callista) Vredenburg p. 449
1931Callista Olsson p. 60
1973Callista Marasti p. 110
1976Callista Moore pp. 47, 48
1980Callista Vokes p. 170
1984Callista Squires p. 50
1987Callista Squires p. 69
1988Callista Squires p. 19
1992Callista Lamprell and Whitehead p. 140
1995Callista Pacaud and Le Renard p. 183
1999Callista Wienrich p. 254
2002Callista Sepkoski
2004Callista Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255
2010Callista Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCallistinaeHabe and Kosuge 1967
genusCallistaPoli 1791

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Callista Poli 1791
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†Callista annexa Conrad 1865
†Callista elongatotrigona Newton 1922
Callista gigantea Gmelin 1791
†Callista kitsoni Newton 1922
†Callista mcgrathiana Rathburn 1875
†Callista pseudoplana Yabe and Nagao 1925
Callista subdiaphana Carpenter 1864 [milky venus]
†Callista subtrigona Whiteaves 1903
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available