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]
| Chione compta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Chione |
| Species: | C. compta |
| Binomial name | |
| Chione compta (Broderip, 1835) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chione meridionalis (I. S. Oldroyd, 1921) | |
Classification
editThe 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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Ecology
editChione compta is preyed upon by crabs and predatory gastropods. It lives in muddy and course sandy sediments.[5]
References
edit- 1 2 Yarrell, William (1835). "March 24, 1835. William Yarrell, Esq., in the Chair". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3. Academic Press, [etc.]: 41--48. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1835.tb01250.x.
- 1 2 Vanatta, E. G. (1921). "Land shells of southern Florida". The Nautilus. 34. American Malacologists, inc., etc: 93--95.
- ↑ "MolluscaBase - Chione compta (Broderip, 1835)". www.molluscabase.org. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ 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". scholar.archive.org. Retrieved 2026-07-17.