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Amiantis P. P. Carpenter, 1864
205708 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205708)
accepted
Genus
Cytherea callosa Conrad, 1837 accepted as Amiantis callosa (Conrad, 1837) (type by monotypy)
Amiantis (Amiantis) P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Amiantis (Venidia) B. L. Clark, 1946 † · alternative representation
Callista (Amiantis) P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Meretrix (Amiantis) P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted
Venidia B. L. Clark, 1946 † · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Amiantis callosa (Conrad, 1837)
- Species Amiantis mathewsonii (Gabb, 1866) †
- Species Amiantis steinekei (B. L. Clark, 1946) †
- Subgenus Amiantis (Amiantis) P. P. Carpenter, 1864 accepted as Amiantis P. P. Carpenter, 1864 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Amiantis (Eucallista) Dall, 1902 accepted as Eucallista Dall, 1902 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Amiantis domeykoana (R. A. Philippi, 1887) † accepted as Eucallista domeykoana (R. A. Philippi, 1887) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amiantis gigas (Lamarck, 1818) † accepted as Cordiopsis gigas (Lamarck, 1818) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amiantis islandicoides (Lamarck, 1818) † accepted as Cordiopsis islandicoides (Lamarck, 1818) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amiantis laziarina Ihering, 1907 † accepted as Pitar laziarinus (Ihering, 1907) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amiantis navidadensis Frassinetti & Covacevich, 1993 † accepted as Eucallista laziarina (Ihering, 1903) †
- Species Amiantis philippinarum (Hanley, 1844) accepted as Lioconcha philippinarum (Hanley, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Amiantis purpurata (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Eucallista purpurata (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Amiantis umbonella (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Notocallista umbonella (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Subgenus Amiantis (Venidia) B. L. Clark, 1946 † represented as Amiantis P. P. Carpenter, 1864
- Species Amiantis (Venidia) steinekei (B. L. Clark, 1946) † represented as Amiantis steinekei (B. L. Clark, 1946) †
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Callista (Amiantis) P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651, https://archive.org/details/reportofbritisha64brit/page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 526, 540 [details]
page(s): 526, 540 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amiantis P. P. Carpenter, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205708 on 2026-08-14
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original description
(of Callista (Amiantis) P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651, https://archive.org/details/reportofbritisha64brit/page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 526, 540 [details]
original description (of Venidia B. L. Clark, 1946 †) Clark, B. L. & Durham, J. W. (1946). Eocene faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. <em>The Geological Society of America Memoir.</em> 16: 1-126, pls. 1-27, map., available online at https://doi.org/10.1130/MEM16-p1
page(s): 69 [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
page(s): 526, 540 [details]
original description (of Venidia B. L. Clark, 1946 †) Clark, B. L. & Durham, J. W. (1946). Eocene faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. <em>The Geological Society of America Memoir.</em> 16: 1-126, pls. 1-27, map., available online at https://doi.org/10.1130/MEM16-p1
page(s): 69 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
