Chionopsis gnidia
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| Chionopsis gnidia | |
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| Valves of Chionopsis gnidia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Chionopsis |
| Species: | C. gnidia |
| Binomial name | |
| Chionopsis gnidia (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) | |
Chionopsis gnidia, is a species of medium-sized saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.[1][2] It was originally described in 1829 by W. J. Borderip and G. B. Sowerby as Venus gnidia.[3] It can be found throughout the coasts of the United States to Peru.[4][5]
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