Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Callista chinensis (Holten, 1802)

HKRMS taxon details

Callista chinensis (Holten, 1802)

AphiaID

216542 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216542)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Callista Poli, 1791

Original name

Venus chinensis Holten, 1802

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of ) Holten, H. S. 1802. Enumeratio systematica conchyliorum beat J. H. Chemnitzii quondam ecclesiae Zebaothi Havniae pastoris, plurim societum sodialis p. p. quae publica auctione venduntur die 7me Decembris ano pres. Copenhagen: K. H. Scidelini. vi + 88 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46195957
page(s): 20; note: based on Chemnitz (1795), vol. 11, p. 227, pl. 202 fig. 1976 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Callista chinensis (Holten, 1802). Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216542 on 2026-02-23

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Callista chinensis (Holten, 1802). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216542 on 2026-02-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

1997-02-22 16:55:09Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-09-23 10:34:21Z

changed

Huber, Markus

2023-10-16 08:06:07Z

changed

Köhler, Frank

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original description (of ) Holten, H. S. 1802. Enumeratio systematica conchyliorum beat J. H. Chemnitzii quondam ecclesiae Zebaothi Havniae pastoris, plurim societum sodialis p. p. quae publica auctione venduntur die 7me Decembris ano pres. Copenhagen: K. H. Scidelini. vi + 88 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46195957
page(s): 20; note: based on Chemnitz (1795), vol. 11, p. 227, pl. 202 fig. 1976 [details]

context source (HKRMS) Lutaenko, L. A. & Volvenko, I. E. (2013) On the fauna of bivalve mollusks of Hong Kong (South China Sea). The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society 17:79-141. [details]

basis of record Spry, J. F. (1964). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Part 2: Pelecypoda (Bivalves). Tanganyika Notes and Records. 63: 123-164, 8 pls. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Kuribayashi, T. ;Tsuchida, E. ; Ishida, F. (1983). Studies on the Molluscan Fauna around Shionomisaki,Southern Tip of the Kii Peninsula, Pacific Coast of Japan-I.Distributions of Callista chinensis and C. pilsbryi in the Offshore Area to the West of Kushimoto. VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology). 42(4): 319-330. [details] Available for editors

additional source Inoue, K.; Ozawa, T.; Nobuhara, T.; Tomida, S. (1997). Reexamination of the Sagara Fauna: Middle Miocene molluscan assemblage from the Sugegaya Formation Sagara Group, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan. Paleontological Research. 1(2): 110-125., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40355080 [details]