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Chione cancellata
Chione cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Cross-barred venus
Chione cancellata
photo by FAO

Family:  Veneridae (venus clams)
Max. size:  2.5 cm DL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 6 years
Environment:  benthic; marine; depth range 2 - 2 m
Distribution:  Western Atlantic: from Honduras to southeast Brazil.
Diagnosis:  Shell thick, trigonal. Sculpture of blade-like concentric ridges crossed by radial ribs. Interspaces between ribs smaller than between ridges. Lunule heart-shaped, dark. Colour: externally white to light grey, sometimes with brown rays, internally white, frequently with blue-purple markings.
Biology:  Depth range from Belize (Ref. 87155). Sand in shallow subtidal environments, often in seagrass beds. Known from seamounts and knolls (Ref. 3477). Host of Pseudomyicola spinosus (Ref. 3477).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
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