Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Veneroidea > Family Veneridae > Genus Callista

Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Callista*	Poli, 1791	accepted genus name
*Chione*	Gray, 1838	later homonym
*Callista (Callista)*	Poli, 1791	synonym
*Chione*	Gray, 1838	synonym

Species group names

*Chione vulgaris*	Gray, 1838	synonym
*Meretrix chione*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Meretrix chione var. brevior*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Meretrix chione var. elongata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Meretrix chione var. major*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Pectunculus glaber*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Venus chione*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: flegërtrasha e lëmuar sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Catalan: lluenta; petxinot de sang sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Dutch: bruine venusschelp

English: brown venus; cock sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

English-United States: Brown Venus sources: Charles Hussey

French: grande palourde; verni; vernis sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.;Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.;Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Greek: Γυαλιστερή sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: fasolara

Portuguese: concha chione sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Spanish, Castillian: almejón; almejón de sangre; saverina

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.
additional source	Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
GenBank (9 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Callista chione. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:141906