Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Heterodonta
Ordo: Veneroida
Superfamilia: Veneroidea
Familia: Veneridae
Genus: Chione
Species:
Name
Chione Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
References
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:
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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