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Cross-barred Venus in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (11/4/2023). (c) kwixted0, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Cross-barred Venus in Worcester Co., Maryland (10/10/2022). (c) jmole, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Chione |
| Species: | C. elevata
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| Chione elevata (Say, 1822)
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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]
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Fossil (Pleistocene)
Distribution
[edit]Native to Florida, and northward to North Carolina. The clam is found in, soft, fine sediment with shallow water.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
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