Chione compta

Chione compta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Chione
Species:	C. compta
Binomial name
	Chione compta; (Broderip, 1835)
Synonyms
	Chione meridionalis (I. S. Oldroyd, 1921)

Chione compta is a species of Pacific venus clam from the genus Chione found along the west coast of North and South America. It was originally described by William Broderip in 1835.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Classification

The species is a medium-sized Pacific venus clam, with ornamentation similar to that of members of the related genus Chionopsis.^[1]^[2] It is an outgroup to the related Chione undatella and Chione californiensis according to Rooperine & Vermeij (2000).^[4]

Chione

From Rooperine & Vermeij (2000)

Chione bainbridgensis

Deepwater

	Chione guatulcoensis

	Chione tumens

	Chione subimbricata

	Chione vaca

Chione mazyckii

Shallow water

Chione cancellata

Shallow water Pacific

	Chione undatella

	Chione californiensis

Chione compta

Chione elevata

Chione chipolana

Ecology

Chione compta is preyed upon by crabs and predatory gastropods. It lives in muddy and course sandy sediments.^[5]

References

1 2 Yarrell, William (1835). "March 24, 1835. William Yarrell, Esq., in the Chair". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3. Academic Press, [etc.]: 41--48. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1835.tb01250.x.
1 2 Vanatta, E. G. (1921). "Land shells of southern Florida". The Nautilus. 34. American Malacologists, inc., etc: 93--95.
↑ "MolluscaBase - Chione compta (Broderip, 1835)". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
↑ 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.
↑ Raymundo; Chiappa (2000). "HÁBITOS ALIMENTARIOS DE DIODON HISTRIX Y DIODON HOLOCANTHUS (PISCES: DIODONTIDAE) EN LAS COSTAS DE JALISCO Y COLIMA, MÉXICO". scholar.archive.org. Retrieved 2026-07-17.

[:0-1] 1 2 Yarrell, William (1835). "March 24, 1835. William Yarrell, Esq., in the Chair". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3. Academic Press, [etc.]: 41--48. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1835.tb01250.x.

[:1-2] 1 2 Vanatta, E. G. (1921). "Land shells of southern Florida". The Nautilus. 34. American Malacologists, inc., etc: 93--95.

[3] "MolluscaBase - Chione compta (Broderip, 1835)". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2026-07-17.

[4] 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.

[5] Raymundo; Chiappa (2000). "HÁBITOS ALIMENTARIOS DE DIODON HISTRIX Y DIODON HOLOCANTHUS (PISCES: DIODONTIDAE) EN LAS COSTAS DE JALISCO Y COLIMA, MÉXICO". scholar.archive.org. Retrieved 2026-07-17.

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