Chionopsis crenifera
| Chionopsis crenifera | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Chionopsis |
| Species: | C. crenifera
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| Binomial name | |
| Chionopsis crenifera G. B. Sowerby I, 1835
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Chionopsis crenifera is a species of bivalve from the family Veneridae in the genus Chionopsis that was initially described by G. B. Sowerby I in 1835 as Venus crenifera.[1] [2] It can be found throughout Mexico, Central America and parts of South America coasts.[3][4]
Description
Chionopsis crenifera has a rough elliptical shell. It is whitish with brown spots and variously coloured with densely crowded radiating stripes.[5]
Distribution and habitat
Chionopsis crenifera's distribution area spans in both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Mexico, Central America and parts of South America.[3][4] This species lives in the sublittoral zone between 15 and 50 meters deep.[4]
References
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chionopsis crenifera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
- ^ "Molluscabase - Chionopsis crenifera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
- ^ a b "Search". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
- ^ a b c "Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Peru". Research Gate. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
- ^ Zoological Society of London.; London, Zoological Society of; London, Zoological Society of (1833). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Vol. pt.1-6 (1833-1838). London: Academic Press, [etc.] p. 43.