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Chione elevata

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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]

Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Bivalvia
Order:Venerida
Family:Veneridae
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Chione elevata
Temporal range: Pliocene–Present
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Chione
Species:
C. elevata
Binomial name
Chione elevata
(Say, 1822)
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Distribution

Native to Florida, and northward to North Carolina. The clam is found in, soft, fine sediment with shallow water.[2]

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