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Caribbean Cross-barred Venus

Chione cancellata

Classification

Family
Veneridae

Chione cancellata, the Caribbean cross-barred venus, is a species of medium-sized saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. The species is now understood to be strictly Caribbean in distribution. The more northern species which resembles this, which is usually called the "cross-barred venus" and which was considered to be C.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 16Netherlands · 16United States of America · 15Brazil · 14Cuba · 3Mexico · 1