Chionopsis crenifera | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
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]
Chionopsis crenifera has a rough elliptical shell. It is whitish with brown spots and variously coloured with densely crowded radiating stripes. [5]
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]