Chionopsis crenifera

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Chionopsis

| species = crenifera

| authority = 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.{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Chionopsis crenifera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=708705 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=www.marinespecies.org}} {{Cite web |title=Molluscabase - Chionopsis crenifera (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) |url=https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=708705 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=www.molluscabase.org}} It can be found throughout Mexico, Central America and parts of South America coasts.{{Cite web |title=Search |url=https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?taxon_key=7710184 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Peru |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/307135073 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Research Gate}}

Description

Chionopsis crenifera has a rough elliptical shell. It is whitish with brown spots and variously coloured with densely crowded radiating stripes.{{Cite book |last1=Zoological Society of London. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46213 |title=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London |last2=London |first2=Zoological Society of |last3=London |first3=Zoological Society of |date=1833 |publisher=Academic Press, [etc.] |volume=pt.1-6 (1833-1838) |location=London |page=43}}

Distribution and habitat

Chionopsis crenifera{{'s}} distribution area spans in both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Mexico, Central America and parts of South America. This species lives in the sublittoral zone between 15 and 50 meters deep.

References

Category:Veneridae

Category:Bivalves described in 1835

Category:Bivalves of North America