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Callista, also spelled Calista, Callistee, Kallista, Kalista and Kallistee, comes from the Greek for "most beautiful (feminine)" (καλλίστη – kallístē).

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callista, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2287640	https://www.gbif.org/species/2287640
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17423	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17423

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Callista

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Callista

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Veneroidei
-	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Callistinae	Habe and Kosuge 1967
genus	Callista	Poli 1791

Scientific Name

Callista Poli, 1791

Name Published In

Poli, J. X. 1791. Testacea utriusque siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata. Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. t.1: , i-x, 1-90, 1-50, 1-74, i-lxxiii, pls.1-18.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Callista	subgenus	belongs to Meretrix	stated without evidence	Dall, 1900
Callista	subgenus	belongs to Cytherea	stated without evidence	Anderson, 1905
Callista	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Woods, 1922
Callista	subgenus	belongs to Cytherea	stated without evidence	Vredenburg, 1928
Callista	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Olsson, 1931
Callista	genus	belongs to Pitarinae	stated without evidence	Moore, 1976
Callista	genus	belongs to Pitarinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Callista	genus	belongs to Pitarinae	stated without evidence	Squires, 1984
Callista	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Squires, 1988
Callista	genus	belongs to Veneridae	implied	Lamprell and Whitehead, 1992
Callista	genus	belongs to Pitarinae	stated with evidence	Pacaud and Le Renard, 1995
Callista	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 1999
Callista	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Callista	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Vera-Peláez et al., 2004
Callista	genus	belongs to Callistinae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

6 (23%)

First Recorded Appearance

125 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Veneridae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Veneridae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Veneridae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callista

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Callista (Callista) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		100	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Callista (Microcallista) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		36	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Callista accincta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista annexa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		31	47.8 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Callista chinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista chione species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista conradiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista deweyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista diemenensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Callista disrupta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista domenginica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista elongatotrigona species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Callista erycina species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Callista erycinella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista erycinoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista exintermedia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista festiva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista florida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista gigantea species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Callista goniopisthus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista gotthardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista grata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista hagenowi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista impar species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista kingii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista kitsoni species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	56.0 Ma Paleocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Callista lesbarritzensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista mcgrathiana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	59.2 Ma Paleocene	59.2 Ma Paleocene
Callista multiradiata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista nebrascensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista pearlensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista pellucida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista phasianella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista philippinarum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista pilsbryi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista piperita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista plana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista planatella species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Callista plicatella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista politissima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista robusta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista roseotincta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista sacyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista semisulcata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista spuma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista suberycinoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista sulcataria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista tournoueri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Callista umbonella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cytherea (Callista) diabloensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Cytherea (Callista) exintermedia ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Cytherea (Callista) florida ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	23.0 Ma Miocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Cytherea (Callista) splendida ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		35	33.9 Ma Oligocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Cytherea perovata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Meretrix (Callista) montensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	58.7 Ma Paleocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Calliste Paetel, 1875	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Calliste*
Calista Gray, 1852	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Calista*
Chione Gray, 1838	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Chione*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
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

Year	Name and Author
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, Jr.
2004	Callista Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255
2010	Callista Bouchet et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Anderson F. M. (1905) A Stratigraphic Study in the Mount Diablo Range of California, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Third Series Geology 2 2, 1-148

Woods H. (1922) Section A. Mollusca from the Eocene and Miocene deposits of Peru. , Geology of the Tertiary and Quaternary Periods in the Northwest Part of Peru, 51-113

Vredenburg E. (1928) Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Gastropoda (in part) and Lamellibranchiata, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50 2, 351-506

Olsson A. A. (1931) Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene, Bulletins of American Paleontology 17 63

Marasti R. (1973) La fauna tortoniana del T. Stirone (limite Parmense-Piacentino), Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 12 1, 76-120

Moore E. J. (1976) Oligocene marine mollusks from the Pittsburg Bluff Formation in Oregon, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 922, 1-66

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76

Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93

Squires R. L. (1988) Eocene Macropaleontology of Northern Lockwood Valley, Ventura County, California, Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 398, 1-23

Lamprell K., Whitehead T. (1992) , Bivalves of Australia 1

Pacaud J.-M., Le Renard J. (1995) Révision des Mollusques Paléogénes du Bassin de Paris. IV - Liste systématique actualisée, Cossmanniana 3 4, 155-187

Wienrich G. (1999) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein). Band 2 Bivalvia, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda, Bryozoa, Annelida, Brachiopoda, Backhuys Publishers, Leiden 2, 188-384

Vera-Peláez J. L., Lozano-Francisco M. C., et al (2004) Molluscos del Tirreniense (Pleistoceno Superior) de la Playa la Araña-Cala de Moral (Málaga), Revista Española de Paleontología 19 2, 251-259

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Poli J.X. (1791-1795). Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata. Ex Regio Typographeio, Parmae. Vol. 1: pp. i-lxxiii, [1-6], i-x, 1-90, 1-50, [1], 1-74, pls 1-18 [1791]; Vol. 2 [1795]: pp. i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39 . - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

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. Invertebrate Paleontology, 9, lxiv + 1–629, 45 pls. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

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