Biology:Chione compta
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Short description: Pacific venus clam species
| Chione compta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Chione |
| Species: | C. compta
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| Binomial name | |
| Chione compta (Broderip, 1835)
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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]
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From Rooperine & Vermeij (2000)
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Ecology
Chione compta is preyed upon by crabs and predatory gastropods. It lives in muddy and course sandy sediments.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "March 24, 1835. William Yarrell, Esq., in the Chair". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (Academic Press, [etc.]) 3: 41--48. 1835. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1835.tb01250.x. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/382624.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Land shells of southern Florida". The Nautilus (American Malacologists, inc., etc) 34: 93--95. 1921. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/95771.
- ↑ "MolluscaBase - Chione compta (Broderip, 1835)". https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507500.
- ↑ 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". https://scholar.archive.org/work/fptk6xgyrbathfkj7bsrr2kg2a/access/wayback/http://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/boletin/article/viewFile/198/198.
Wikidata ☰ Q13463478 entry
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