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Macrocallista is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.^[1]

Species within the genus Macrocallista include:

^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 69-70.

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-| name = '''''Macrocallista'''''
-| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
+| taxon = Macrocallista
+| image = Calico Clam (11670782353).jpg
-| phylum = [[Mollusca]]
+| authority = Meek, 1876
-| classis = [[Bivalvia]]
+| display_parents = 3
-| ordo = [[Veneroida]]
+| subdivision_ranks = Species
-| familia = [[Veneridae]]
+| subdivision = See text.
-| genus = '''''Macrocallista'''''
-| genus_authority = Meek, 1876
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 ==Species==
 Species within the genus ''Macrocallista'' include:
-* ''[[Macrocallista maculata]]'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> &mdash; calico clam
+* ''[[Macrocallista maculata]]'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> – calico clam
-* ''[[Macrocallista nimbosa]]'' <small>(Lightfoot, 1786)</small> &mdash; sunray venus clam
+* ''[[Macrocallista nimbosa]]'' <small>(Lightfoot, 1786)</small> – sunray venus clam
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 [[Category:Bivalve genera]]
 [[Category:Veneridae]]
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