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Callista elegans

Status not recordedmolluscsExtinct

Callista elegans is a species in the family Veneridae, order Venerida.

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Quick facts about Callista elegans

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Callista elegans live?

Not recorded

Is Callista elegans endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Callista elegans classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderVenerida
  5. familyVeneridae
  6. genusCallista
  7. SpeciesCallista elegans (Lamarck, 1805)

Synonyms Callista elegans, Cytheraea elegans

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Callista elegans

Other species in the same genus Callista.

Cock

Callista chione

VeneridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Callista elegans?

Callista elegans (Callista elegans) belongs to the family Veneridae in the order Venerida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Callista elegans (Callista elegans). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/callista-elegans

MLA

“Callista elegans (Callista elegans).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/callista-elegans.

BibTeX
@misc{callista_elegans_2026,
  title = {Callista elegans (Callista elegans)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/callista-elegans},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}