Chione elevata

Chione elevata; Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Chione
Species:	C. elevata
Binomial name
	Chione elevata; (Say, 1822)

Chione elevata, the Florida cross-barred venus, is a species of bivalve in the family Veneridae often confused for another species, Chione cancellata with a more southern distribution.^[1]

Fossil (Pleistocene)

Distribution

Native to Florida, and northward to North Carolina. The clam is found in, soft, fine sediment with shallow water.^[2]

References

↑ Leal, José H. (March 10, 2017). "The Florida Cross-barred Venus". shellmuseum.
↑ Ruppert, Edward E.; Fox, Richard S. (1988). Seashore animals of the Southeast: a guide to common shallow-water invertebrates of the southeastern Atlantic Coast. Columbia, S.C: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-87249-535-7.

[1] Leal, José H. (March 10, 2017). "The Florida Cross-barred Venus". shellmuseum.

[2] Ruppert, Edward E.; Fox, Richard S. (1988). Seashore animals of the Southeast: a guide to common shallow-water invertebrates of the southeastern Atlantic Coast. Columbia, S.C: University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-87249-535-7.

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