Chione (bivalve)
Chione is a genus of American tropical marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Veneridae.
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| Chione paphia | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Bivalvia | 
| Order: | Venerida | 
| Superfamily: | Veneroidea | 
| Family: | Veneridae | 
| Genus: | Chione von Mühlfeld, 1811  | 
| Species | |
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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:
- Chione burnsii (Dall, 1900)
 - Chione chipolana (Dall, 1903)
 - Chione erosa (Dall, 1903)
 
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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