MolluscaBase name details
Callista costata (Dillwyn, 1817)
216540 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216540)
unaccepted > junior homonym (not Venus costata Gmelin, 1791; Macrocallista (Paradione) nioba Clench & McLean, 1936 is a replacement name))
Species
marine
(of Venus costata Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 175; note: based on Chemnitz (1795), vol. 11, p. 226, pl. 202 fig. 1975 [details]
page(s): 175; note: based on Chemnitz (1795), vol. 11, p. 226, pl. 202 fig. 1975 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callista costata (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216540 on 2025-09-11
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(of Venus costata Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 175; note: based on Chemnitz (1795), vol. 11, p. 226, pl. 202 fig. 1975 [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 175; note: based on Chemnitz (1795), vol. 11, p. 226, pl. 202 fig. 1975 [details]
basis of record Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
