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Callista (Callista) chinensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus chinensis was named by Holten (1802). It is extant.

It was recombined as Callista chinensis by Omura (1980); it was recombined as Callista (Callista) chinensis by Hendy (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Venus chinensis Holten
1980Callista chinensis Omura
2007Callista (Callista) chinensis Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
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
subgenusCallistaPoli 1791
specieschinensis(Holten 1802)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 06:38:03
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:15:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 13.82000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Japan Callista chinensis (44962)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan Callista chinensis (97031 97033)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan Callista chinensis (97111)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan Callista chinensis (62301)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan Callista chinensis (97028 97029)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Callista chinensis (89416 89417)