WoRMS taxon details
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 superseded rank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 superseded rank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 superseded rank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)
- 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 superseded rank)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 superseded rank)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 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 superseded combination)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 superseded combination)
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. (2026). MolluscaBase. Amiantis P. P. Carpenter, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205708 on 2026-05-07
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Nomenclature
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]
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
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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]
