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Callista, also can be spelt as Calista, Callistee, Kallista, Kalista or Kallistee comes from the Greek for "most beautiful (fem.)" (καλλίστη - kalliste). This name is a lesser known name for girls.

As a name it is derived from the Greek name of a huntress in the myth of Callisto, who was loved by Zeus. The name Callisto was changed to the common Callista for use as a name because in English Callista is the feminine form.

Callista may refer to:

Nature

• Callista (mollusc) - a genus of bivalve, see List of molluscs of the Houtman Abrolhos
• Callista - Lour., a synonym of Dendrobium, an orchid genus

Entertainment

• Callista (band) - Pop rock band from Central Coast, California
• A SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron character - the presumed ancestor of Deputy Mayor Callie Briggs
• Callista (novel), 1855 novel by John Henry Newman

Science

• 204 Kallisto - An S-type asteroid which was discovered in 1879
• Callisto (moon), one of the moons of Jupiter, covered in 1610

Places

• Kallista, Victoria - a town in Australia
• Kalista - is a village in south-western Bulgaria

See also

• Calista (disambiguation)
• Callisto (disambiguation)
• Calisto (disambiguation)
• Callistus (disambiguation)

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From Wikispecies

Callista brevisiphonata, a species of the Genus Callista

Taxonavigation

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Heterodonta
Ordo: Veneroida
Superfamilia: Veneroidea
Familia: Veneridae
Genus: Callista
Species: C. brevisiphonata - C. chione