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Chione
Chione (; ky-OH-nee) is a genus of common, edible marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Veneridae, which arose in the early Miocene or Late Eocene in the tropical Western Atlantic region. Species of the genus are today distributed across the Western Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Some members of the genus were amongst the first animals to be scientifically classified. Others have been a significant food source for indigenous people. They are the most common bivalves, both living and fossil, in Florida.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Florida Cross-barred Venus
speciesChione elevata
California Venus
speciesChione californiensis
Wavy Chione
speciesChione undatella
Caribbean Cross-barred Venus
speciesChione cancellata
Chione subimbricata
speciesChione subimbricata
Chione tumens
speciesChione tumens
Small Banded Venus
speciesChione compta
Chione mazyckii
speciesChione mazyckii
Chione guatulcoensis
speciesChione guatulcoensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 172092.