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Chione (genus)
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Chione is a genus
of tropical American marine
bivalve molluscs, in the family
Veneridae
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This is a complete list of the Recent species. Extinct fossil species are not listed.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of tropical American marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
bivalve molluscs, in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Veneridae
Veneridae
The Veneridae or venerids, also known as the Venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. There are over 500 living species of venerid bivalves, most of which are edible, and many of which are exploited as a food source.Many of the most...
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Species
- Chione amathusia (PhilippiRodolfo Amando PhilippiRodolfo Amando Philippi was a German-Chilean paleontologist and zoologist....
, 1844) - Chione californiensis W. J. Broderip, 1835 - California venus, Banded venus
- Chione cancellata Linnaeus, 1767 - Cross-barred venus
- Chione chione
- Chione cingenda
- Chione compta T. Say, 1822
- Chione elevata W. J. Broderip, 1835
- Chione gnidea (Broderip and Sowerby, 1829)
- Chione guatulcoensis L. G. Hertlein & Strong, 1948
- Chione kellettii (Hinds, 1845)
- Chione mariae (d'orbigny, 1846)
- Chione mazyckii W. H. DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1902 - Chione paphia (Linnaeus, 1767) - King venus
- Chione picta Willett, 1944
- Chione pulicaria (Broderip, 1835)
- Chione purpurissata DallW. H. DallWilliam Healey Dall was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska...
, 1902 - Chione squamosa (CarpenterPhillip Pearsall CarpenterPhilip Pearsall Carpenter Rev. Dr. , who in 1841, was ordained Presbyterian minister in England, and a Doctorate of Philosophy in 1860, and whose field work as a malacologist or conchologist in North America is still well regarded today...
, 1857) - Chione subimbricata Sowerby, 1835
- Chione subrugosa (Wood, 1828) - Semi-rough chione
- Chione succincta Linnaeus, 1767
- Chione tumens A. E. Verrill, 1870
- Chione undatella G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 - Frilled venus, Wavy venus
This is a complete list of the Recent species. Extinct fossil species are not listed.