Chione (bivalve)

Chione is a genus of American tropical marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Veneridae.

Chione
Chione paphia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Chione
von Mühlfeld, 1811
Species

See text.

Species

This is a complete list of the extant species. Extinct fossil species are not listed.

  • Chione amathusia (Philippi, 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 fluctifraga
  • Chione gnidea (Broderip and Sowerby, 1829)
  • Chione grus
  • Chione guatulcoensis L. G. Hertlein & Strong, 1948
  • Chione kellettii (Hinds, 1845)
  • Chione mariae (d'orbigny, 1846)
  • Chione mazyckii W. H. Dall, 1902
  • Chione paphia (Linnaeus, 1767) - King venus
  • Chione picta Willett, 1944
  • Chione pulicaria (Broderip, 1835)
  • Chione purpurissata Dall, 1902
  • Chione squamosa (Carpenter, 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

References

  • "Chione". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  • Roopnarine, Peter D.; Geerat J. Vermeij (2000). "One species becomes two: The case of Chione cancellata, the resurrected C. elevata, and a phylogenetic analysis of Chione". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 66 (4): 517–534. doi:10.1093/mollus/66.4.517.
  • Roopnarine, P. D. (2001). "A history of diversification, extinction, and invasion in Tropical America as derived from species-level phylogenies of chionine genera (family Veneridae)". Journal of Paleontology. 75 (3): 644–657. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2001)075<0644:AHODEA>2.0.CO;2.


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