Chione (bivalve)
| Chione | |
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| Chione paphia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Chione von Mühlfeld, 1811 |
Chione is a genus of tropical American marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Veneridae.
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.