Chione elevata

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)

Chione elevata Temporal range: Pliocene-present
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Chione
Species:	C. elevata
Binomial name
Chione elevata (Say, 1822)

Distribution

Native to Florida, and northward to N. Carolina -in shallow water.