Chione cancellata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Bivalvia
- Order
- Venerida
- Family
- Veneridae
- Genus
- Chione
- Species
- Chione cancellata
- Scientific Name
- Chione cancellata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Chione cancellata
Chione cancellata, the Caribbean cross-barred venus, is a species of medium-sized saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.
The species is now understood to be strictly Caribbean in distribution. The more northern species which resembles this, which is usually called the "cross-barred venus" and which was considered to be C. cancellata for many years, is now known to be Chione elevata.
...Chione cancellata in languages:
- Czech
- chionka mřížkovaná
- English
- Cross-barred Venus
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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