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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) and Vredenburg (1928).
It was assigned to Meretrix by Dall (1900); to Cytherea by Anderson (1905) and Vredenburg (1928); to Pitarinae by Moore (1976), Vokes (1980), Squires (1984), Squires (1987) and 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) and Vera-Peláez et al. (2004); and to Callistinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was reranked as Meretrix (Callista) by Dall (1900); it was reranked as Cytherea (Callista) by Anderson (1905) and Vredenburg (1928).
It was assigned to Meretrix by Dall (1900); to Cytherea by Anderson (1905) and Vredenburg (1928); to Pitarinae by Moore (1976), Vokes (1980), Squires (1984), Squires (1987) and 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) and 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, Meretrix (Callista) montensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1791 | Callista Poli p. 30 |
| 1900 | Meretrix (Callista) Dall |
| 1905 | Cytherea (Callista) Anderson p. 196 |
| 1922 | Callista Woods p. 71 |
| 1928 | Cytherea (Callista) Vredenburg p. 449 |
| 1931 | Callista Olsson p. 60 |
| 1973 | Callista Marasti p. 110 |
| 1976 | Callista Moore pp. 47, 48 |
| 1980 | Callista Vokes p. 170 |
| 1984 | Callista Squires p. 50 |
| 1987 | Callista Squires p. 69 |
| 1988 | Callista Squires p. 19 |
| 1992 | Callista Lamprell and Whitehead p. 140 |
| 1995 | Callista Pacaud and Le Renard p. 183 |
| 1999 | Callista Wienrich p. 254 |
| 2002 | Callista Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Callista Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255 |
| 2010 | Callista Bouchet et al. |
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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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Subg. Callista (Callista) Poli 1791
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Callista (Callista) chinensis Holten 1802
Callista (Callista) chione Linnaeus 1758
†Callista (Callista) elegans Lamarck 1806
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†Callista (Callista) elegans soror Deshayes 1857
†Tivelina elegans elegantula Deshayes 1857
†Callista (Callista) elegans distans Deshayes 1825
†Callista (Callista) perovata lisbonensis Harris 1919
Subg. Callista (Microcallista) Stewart 1930
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†Callista (Microcallista) ariakensis Nagao 1928
†Callista (Microcallista) proxima Deshayes 1857
†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
†Callista subdiaphana pedroana Arnold 1903
†Callista subtrigona Whiteaves 1903
†Cytherea (Callista) exintermedia Sacco 1900
†Cytherea (Callista) florida Lamarck 1818
†Cytherea (Callista) splendida Mérian 1860
†Meretrix (Callista) montensis Cossmann 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Korangan to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 117.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma
Collections (381 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian | New Zealand | C. sp. (65630) | |
| Korangan - Urutawan | New Zealand | C. sp. (37260) | |
| Albian | New Zealand | C. sp. (65667) | |
| Urutawan | New Zealand | C. sp. (83402 83406 83410) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Sweden (Halland) | C. plana (38722) | |
| Motuan | New Zealand | C. sp. (83412) | |
| Cenomanian | USA (California) | C. pseudoplana (44195) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (California) | C. subtrigona (167599) | |
| Coniacian | Japan (Iburi) | C. sp. (40313) | |
| Santonian | Japan (Iburi) | C. sp. (40314) | |
| Piripauan | New Zealand | C. sp. (37327) C. wilckensi (78364 78365 78367 78369 78370 78371 78374 78386 78400 83516 83517 83519 83521 83523 83524 83525 83532 83534 83535) | |
| Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | C. sp. (87434) | |
| Campanian | USA (Wyoming) | C. peplucida (105717) | |
| Haumurian | New Zealand | C. wilckensi (78376 78378) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (California) | C. n. sp. (224893) C. sp. (66683) | |
| Danian | France | Microcallista montensis (20816) | |
| Danian | Belgium | C. duponti, C. montensis (3118) Microcallista montensis (22931 26891) | |
| Danian - Selandian | Germany | C. duponti (3117) | |
| Paleocene | Belgium | C. duponti (3119) C. duponti, C. montensis (3120) | |
| Paleocene | Austria (Salzburg) | Meretrix montensis (84335) | |