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Callista Poli, 1791

Callista chione
Callista chione

138632  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138632)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Bivalvia (Class)
  5. Autobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Heteroconchia (Infraclass)
  7. Euheterodonta (Subterclass)
  8. Imparidentia (Superorder)
  9. Venerida (Order)
  10. Veneroidea (Superfamily)
  11. Veneridae (Family)
  12. Callocardiinae (Subfamily)
  13. Callista (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by subsequent designation)
Callista (Callista) Poli, 1791 · alternative representation
Callistoderma Poli, 1795 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chione J. E. Gray, 1838 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Chione...)  
Invalid: junior homonym of Chione Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 [Bivalvia]
Cytherea (Callista) Poli, 1791 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Meretrix (Callista) Poli, 1791 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Microcallista R. B. Stewart, 1930 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
Pitar (Callista) Poli, 1791 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Pitaria (Callista) Poli, 1791 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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  1. Species Callista aurita (K. Martin, 1885) †
  2. Species Callista beyrichi (O. Semper, 1861) †
  3. Species Callista boettgeri (K. Martin, 1915) †
  4. Species Callista chinensis (Holten, 1802)
  5. Species Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758)
  6. Species Callista elegans (Lamarck, 1805) †
  7. Species Callista erycinoides (Lamarck, 1818) †
  8. Species Callista floridella (Gray, 1838)
  9. Species Callista gotthardi Dunker, 1865
  10. Species Callista hagenowi (Dunker, 1849)
  11. Species Callista italica (Defrance, 1818) †
  12. Species Callista lilacinoides Schaffer, 1910 †
  13. Species Callista lirevanida (P. J. Fischer, 1921) †
  14. Species Callista macra (K. Martin, 1879) †
  15. Species Callista montensis (Cossmann, 1908) †
  16. Species Callista multiradiata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
  17. Species Callista pilsbryi Habe, 1960
  18. Species Callista politissima Kuroda, 1945
  19. Species Callista proxima (Deshayes, 1857) †
  20. Species Callista roseotincta (E. A. Smith, 1885)
  21. Species Callista serana (P. J. Fischer, 1921) †
  22. Species Callista splendida (Mérian, 1858) †
  23. Species Callista uretzkii Merklin, 1974 †
  24. Species Callista verai Lozano-Francisco & Landau, 1999 †
  25. Subgenus Callista (Amiantis) P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Amiantis P. P. Carpenter, 1864 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  26. Subgenus Callista (Callistina) Jukes-Browne, 1908 † accepted as Callistina Jukes-Browne, 1908 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Species Callista (Callistina) plana (J. Sowerby, 1813) † accepted as Callistina plana (J. Sowerby, 1813) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Species Callista (Callistina) thomsoni H. Woods, 1917 † accepted as Aphrodina (Tikia) thomsoni (H. Woods, 1917) † represented as Aphrodina thomsoni (H. Woods, 1917) † (uncertain > unassessed)
    3. Species Callista (Callistina) wilckensi H. Woods, 1917 † accepted as Aphrodina (Tikia) wilckensi (H. Woods, 1917) † represented as Aphrodina wilckensi (H. Woods, 1917) † (uncertain > unassessed)
  27. Subgenus Callista (Callocardia) A. Adams, 1864 accepted as Callocardia A. Adams, 1864 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    1. Species Callista (Callocardia) birtsi Preston, 1915 accepted as Aphrodora birtsi (Preston, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  28. Subgenus Callista (Calpitaria) Jukes-Browne, 1908 accepted as Pitar (Calpitaria) Jukes-Browne, 1908 † represented as Pitar Römer, 1857 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  29. Subgenus Callista (Chionella) Cossmann, 1886 † accepted as Pitar (Chionella) Cossmann, 1886 † represented as Pitar Römer, 1857 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Species Callista (Chionella) tournoueri Cossmann, 1921 † accepted as Pitar tournoueri (Cossmann, 1921) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  30. Subgenus Callista (Costacallista) K. van W. Palmer, 1927 accepted as Costacallista K. van W. Palmer, 1927 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Species Callista (Costacallista) accincta (Römer, 1864) accepted as Costacallista accincta (Römer, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Species Callista (Costacallista) beyrichi (O. Semper, 1861) † accepted as Callista beyrichi (O. Semper, 1861) † (subgenus not accepted)
    3. Species Callista (Costacallista) erycina (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Costacallista erycina (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    4. Species Callista (Costacallista) erycinella (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Costacallista erycinella (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    5. Species Callista (Costacallista) florida (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Costacallista florida (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    6. Species Callista (Costacallista) grata (Deshayes, 1853) accepted as Costacallista grata (Deshayes, 1853) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    7. Species Callista (Costacallista) phasianella (Deshayes, 1853) accepted as Costacallista phasianella (Deshayes, 1853) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    8. Species Callista (Costacallista) planatella (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Costacallista planatella (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    9. Species Callista (Costacallista) spuma (Röding, 1798) accepted as Costacallista spuma (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  31. Subgenus Callista (Macrocallista) Meek, 1876 accepted as Macrocallista Meek, 1876 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  32. Subgenus Callista (Megapitaria) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931 accepted as Megapitaria U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  33. Subgenus Callista (Notocallista) Iredale, 1924 accepted as Notocallista Iredale, 1924 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Species Callista (Notocallista) disrupta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1853) accepted as Notocallista disrupta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1853) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Species Callista (Notocallista) festiva (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) accepted as Notocallista festiva (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    3. Species Callista (Notocallista) impar (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Notocallista impar (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    4. Species Callista (Notocallista) kingii (J. E. Gray, 1826) accepted as Notocallista kingii (J. E. Gray, 1826) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    5. Species Callista (Notocallista) piperita (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) accepted as Notocallista piperita (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    6. Species Callista (Notocallista) umbonella (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Notocallista umbonella (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  34. Subgenus Callista (Pseudamiantis) Kuroda, 1933 † accepted as Pseudamiantis Kuroda, 1933 †
    1. Species Callista (Pseudamiantis) crenulatus Matsumoto, 1938 † accepted as Goshoraia crenulata (Matsumoto, 1938) †
  35. Subgenus Callista (Striacallista) Marwick, 1938 accepted as Notocallista (Striacallista) Marwick, 1938 represented as Notocallista Iredale, 1924 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
    1. Species Callista (Striacallista) diemenensis (Hanley, 1844) accepted as Notocallista diemenensis (Hanley, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Species Callista (Striacallista) multistriata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) accepted as Notocallista multistriata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) (superseded combination)
  36. Species Callista accincta (Römer, 1864) accepted as Costacallista accincta (Römer, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  37. Species Callista acuticosta (K. Martin, 1885) † accepted as Meretrix acuticosta (K. Martin, 1885) †
  38. Species Callista amirantium Melvill, 1909 accepted as Lioconcha philippinarum (Hanley, 1844) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  39. Species Callista aurantiaca (G. B. Sowerby I, 1831) accepted as Megapitaria aurantiaca (G. B. Sowerby I, 1831)
  40. Species Callista birtsi Preston, 1905 accepted as Aphrodora birtsi (Preston, 1905) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  41. Species Callista brevisiphonata (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) accepted as Ezocallista brevisiphonata (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
  42. Species Callista coccinea Poli, 1795 accepted as Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758)
  43. Species Callista costata (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Costacallista erycinella (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > junior homonym, not Venus costata Gmelin, 1791; Macrocallista (Paradione) nioba Clench & McLean, 1936 is a replacement name))
  44. Species Callista diemenensis (Hanley, 1844) accepted as Notocallista diemenensis (Hanley, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  45. Species Callista disrupta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1853) accepted as Notocallista disrupta (G. B. Sowerby II, 1853) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  46. Species Callista elegans F. W. Hutton, 1873 † accepted as Marama (Marama) elegans F. W. Hutton, 1873 † represented as Marama elegans (F. W. Hutton, 1873) † (superseded combination)
  47. Species Callista erycina (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Costacallista erycina (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  48. Species Callista erycinella (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Costacallista erycinella (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  49. Species Callista eucymata (Dall, 1890) accepted as Callpita eucymata (Dall, 1890) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  50. Species Callista everwijni (K. Martin, 1883) † accepted as Diplodonta everwijni (K. Martin, 1883) †
  51. Species Callista festiva (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) accepted as Notocallista festiva (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  52. Species Callista florida (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Costacallista florida (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  53. Species Callista glandula A. Gould, 1861 accepted as Marcia hiantina (Lamarck, 1818) (junior subjective synonym)
  54. Species Callista grata (Deshayes, 1853) accepted as Costacallista grata (Deshayes, 1853) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  55. Species Callista impar (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Costacallista impar (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Notocallista impar (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  56. Species Callista kingii (J. E. Gray, 1826) accepted as Notocallista kingii (J. E. Gray, 1826) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  57. Species Callista laevigata (Lamarck, 1805) † accepted as Costacallista laevigata (Lamarck, 1805) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  58. Species Callista lilacina (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Costacallista spuma (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  59. Species Callista longispina Mörch, 1861 accepted as Hysteroconcha multispinosa (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
  60. Species Callista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Megapitaria maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  61. Species Callista multistriata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) accepted as Notocallista multistriata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) (superseded combination)
  62. Species Callista nimbosa ([Lightfoot], 1786) accepted as Macrocallista nimbosa ([Lightfoot], 1786)
  63. Species Callista pannosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) accepted as Transennella pannosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
  64. Species Callista phasianella (Deshayes, 1853) accepted as Costacallista phasianella (Deshayes, 1853) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  65. Species Callista philippinarum (Hanley, 1844) accepted as Lioconcha philippinarum (Hanley, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  66. Species Callista piperita (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) accepted as Notocallista piperita (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  67. Species Callista planatella (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Costacallista planatella (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  68. Species Callista planivieta (Guppy, 1866) † accepted as Pitaria (Lamelliconcha) planivieta (Guppy, 1866) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  69. Species Callista pollicaris P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Hyphantosoma pollicaris (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) (original combination)
  70. Species Callista semisulcata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) accepted as Notocallista piperita (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) (unaccepted > junior homonym, of Cytheraea semisulcata Lamarck, 1806)
  71. Species Callista sinensis (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Cyclina sinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
  72. Species Callista spuma (Röding, 1798) accepted as Costacallista spuma (Röding, 1798) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  73. Species Callista squalida (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) accepted as Megapitaria squalida (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
  74. Species Callista subdiaphana (P. P. Carpenter, 1864) accepted as Compsomyax subdiaphana (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
  75. Species Callista suberycinoides (Deshayes, 1825) † accepted as Costacallista suberycinoides (Deshayes, 1825) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  76. Species Callista trigonoovata Scarlato, 1980 accepted as Ezocallista brevisiphonata (P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
  77. Species Callista umbonella (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Notocallista umbonella (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  78. Species Callista varians (Hanley, 1844) accepted as Pitar fulminatus (Menke, 1828) accepted as Jasypitar fulminatus (Menke, 1828) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  79. Species Callista victoriae Tenison Woods, 1876 accepted as Bassina pachyphylla (Jonas, 1839) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  80. Species Callista voyi Gabb, 1866 † accepted as Mactromeris polynyma (W. Stimpson, 1860) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  81. Subgenus Callista (Callista) Poli, 1791 represented as Callista Poli, 1791
    1. Species Callista (Callista) chione (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Species Callista (Callista) italica (Defrance, 1818) † accepted as Callista italica (Defrance, 1818) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    3. Species Callista (Callista) splendida (Mérian, 1858) † represented as Callista splendida (Mérian, 1858) †
    4. Species Callista (Callista) uretzkii Merklin, 1974 † represented as Callista uretzkii Merklin, 1974 †
    5. Species Callista (Callista) verai Lozano-Francisco & Landau, 1999 † represented as Callista verai Lozano-Francisco & Landau, 1999 †
  82. Subgenus Callista (Microcallista) R. B. Stewart, 1930 † represented as Callista Poli, 1791
    1. Species Callista (Microcallista) elegans (Lamarck, 1805) † represented as Callista elegans (Lamarck, 1805) †
    2. Species Callista (Microcallista) montensis (Cossmann, 1908) † represented as Callista montensis (Cossmann, 1908) †
    3. Species Callista (Microcallista) proxima (Deshayes, 1857) † represented as Callista proxima (Deshayes, 1857) †
  83. Species Callista acuticostata Gabb, 1873 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  84. Species Callista carbasea (Guppy, 1866) † (uncertain > unassessed)
  85. Species Callista eufaulense Conrad, 1860 † (uncertain > unassessed)
  86. Species Callista tryoniana Gabb, 1873 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Poli J.X. (1791). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata.</i> Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019471 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callista Poli, 1791. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138632 on 2025-09-11
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Gofas, Serge
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Cuvelier, Daphne
2012-06-10 03:40:23Z
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Rosenberg, Gary
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Sartori, André F.
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Marshall, Bruce
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original description Poli J.X. (1791). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata.</i> Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019471 [details] 

original description (of Lepidocardia Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26 (1312): 335-412., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612547
page(s): 356 [details] 

original description (of Chione J. E. Gray, 1838) Gray, J. E. (1838). Catalogue of the species of the genus <i>Cytherea</i>, of Lamarck, with the description of some new genera and species. <em>The Analyst.</em> 8: 302-309., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15224965 [details] 

original description (of Microcallista R. B. Stewart, 1930 †) Stewart, R. B. (1930). Gabb's California Cretaceous and Tertiary type lamellibranchs. <em>Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Special Publications.</em> 3: 1-314, pls 1-17., available online at https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31822011360963&seq=7
page(s): 244 [details] 

original description (of Callistoderma Poli, 1795) Poli, J. X. (1795). <i>Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata</i>. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44019644
page(s): 252, 258 [details] 

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details] 

additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 164 [details] 

subsequent type designation Meek, F. B. (1876). A report on the invertebrate Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils of the upper Missouri country. In: Hayden, F.V. (Ed.) Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. 9: lxiv + 1–629, 45 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2024294
page(s): 178 [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Callista) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chione) (from synonym Chione J. E. Gray, 1838)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chione) (from synonym Chione J. E. Gray, 1838)
To Genbank 
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