Chione (bivalve) explained
Chione is a genus of American tropical marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Veneridae.
Species
This is a complete list of the extant species. Extinct fossil species are listed further down.
- 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 pubera (Bory Saint-Vicent, 1827)
- 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
Here is an incomplete list of extinct Chione species:
References
- 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 . 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 . 10.1666/0022-3360(2001)075<0644:AHODEA>2.0.CO;2.