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Chionopsis Intapurpurea Valve View
''Chionopsis'', is a genus of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ... in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. Species Species within this genus include: * '' Chionopsis amathusia'' (Philippi, 1844) * '' Chionopsis crenata'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Chionopsis crenifera'' (G. B. So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chionopsis Gnidia
''Chionopsis gnidia'', is a species of medium-sized saltwater clam, a marine (ocean), marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. It was originally described in 1829 by William Broderip, W. J. Borderip and George Brettingham Sowerby I, G. B. Sowerby as Venus gnidia. It can be found throughout the coasts of the United States to Peru. Distribution and habitat The distribution area of chionopsis gnidia spans from both coasts of the United States to Central America and parts of South America. This species lives in the Intertidal zone, intertidal and Sublittoral zone, sublittoral zones up to 33 meters deep. References Veneridae Bivalves described in 1829 {{Veneridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. '' Panthera leo'' (lion) and '' Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants of an ancestral taxon are grouped together (i.e. phylogenetic analysis should c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clam
Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the seafloor or riverbeds. Clams have two shells of equal size connected by two adductor muscles and have a powerful burrowing foot. They live in both freshwater and marine environments; in salt water they prefer to burrow down into the mud and the turbidity of the water required varies with species and location; the greatest diversity of these is in North America. Clams in the culinary sense do not live attached to a substrate (whereas oysters and mussels do) and do not live near the bottom (whereas scallops do). In culinary usage, clams are commonly eaten marine bivalves, as in clam digging and the resulting soup, clam chowder. Many edible clams such as palourde clams are ovoid or triangular; however, razor clams have an elongated parallel-sided shell, suggesting an old-fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marine (ocean)
The ocean (also the sea or the world ocean) is the body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the surface of Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water. An ocean can also refer to any of the large bodies of water into which the world ocean is conventionally divided."Ocean." ''Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary'', Merriam-Webster, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bivalves have no head and they lack some usual molluscan organs, like the radula and the odontophore. They include the clams, oysters, cockles, mussels, scallops, and numerous other families that live in saltwater, as well as a number of families that live in freshwater. The majority are filter feeders. The gills have evolved into ctenidia, specialised organs for feeding and breathing. Most bivalves bury themselves in sediment, where they are relatively safe from predation. Others lie on the sea floor or attach themselves to rocks or other hard surfaces. Some bivalves, such as the scallops and file shells, can swim. The shipworms bore into wood, clay, or stone and live inside these substances. The shell of a bivalve is composed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is estimated between 60,000 and 100,000 additional species. The proportion of undescribed species is very high. Many taxa remain poorly studied. Molluscs are the largest marine phylum, comprising about 23% of all the named marine organisms. Numerous molluscs also live in freshwater and terrestrial habitats. They are highly diverse, not just in size and anatomical structure, but also in behaviour and habitat. The phylum is typically divided into 7 or 8 taxonomic classes, of which two are entirely extinct. Cephalopod molluscs, such as squid, cuttlefish, and octopuses, are among the most neurologically advanced of all invertebrates—and either the giant squid or the colossal squid is the largest known invertebrate species. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veneridae
The Veneridae or venerids, common name: Venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. Over 500 living species of venerid bivalves are known, most of which are edible, and many of which are exploited as food sources. Many of the most important edible species are commonly known (in the USA) simply as "clams". Venerids make up a significant proportion of the world fishery of edible bivalves. The family includes some species that are important commercially, such as (in the USA) the hard clam or quahog, ''Mercenaria mercenaria''. Taxonomy The classification within the family Veneridae has been controversial at least since the 1930s. Molecular approaches show that much of this traditional classification is unnatural. Some common species have been moved between genera (including genera in different subfamilies) because of repeated attempts to bring a more valid organization to the classification or taxonomy of the family, there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chionopsis Amathusia
''Chionopsis amathusia'' is a species of bivalve from the family Veneridae in the genus ''Chionopsis'' that was originally described by R. A. Philippi in 1844 as ''Venus amathusia''. It can be found throughout Mexico, Central America and parts of South America coasts. Description ''Chionopsis amathusia'' has a thick, triangular cordate shell which is longitudinally furrowed and transversely wrinkled and its lunule is broadly cordate. Distribution and habitat The distribution area of ''Chionopsis amathusia'' spans from Baja California to Peru primarily in the Pacific Ocean, but it also occurs in the Caribbean sea. This mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ... lives on sandy seabeds in the intertidal and sublittoral zones up to depth. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chionopsis Crenata
''Chionopsis crenata'' is a species of bivalve from the family Veneridae in the genus ''Chionopsis'' that was originally described as ''Venus crenata'' in 1791 by John Frederic Gmelin. It is mostly found throughout the Americas primarily in the Atlantic Ocean. Distribution and habitat ''Chionopsis crenata'''s distribution area spans principally throughout North America, Central America and South America, mainly on the coasts of the Atlantic Ocean. However, some individuals have been collected outside this zone including some in Australia, one in the Mediterranean sea and one in the middle of the Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by th .... References {{Taxonbar, from=Q61696861 Veneridae Bivalves described in 1791 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chionopsis Crenifera
''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''. It can be found throughout Mexico, Central America and parts of South America coasts. Description ''Chionopsis crenifera'' has a rough elliptical shell. It is whitish with brown spots and variously coloured with densely crowded radiating stripes. Distribution and habitat ''Chionopsis crenifera'' 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 The neritic zone (or sublittoral zone) is the relatively shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf, approximately in depth. From the point of view of marine biology it forms a relatively stable and well-illuminated ... between 15 and 50 meters deep. References Veneridae Bivalves described in 1835 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chionopsis Intapurpurea
''Chionopsis intapurpurea'', the lady in waiting venus, is a species of marine bivalve from the family Veneridae in the genus ''Chionopsis.'' It was discovered in 1849 and can be found on both coasts from the United States to Southern Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area .... Discovery The lady in waiting venus was initially described as Venus intapurpurea in 1849 by Timothy Abbott Conrad. Description The lady in waiting venus shell is white with irregular angular fulvous spots. The interior is also white, but contains a large triangular purple stain. References Veneridae Bivalves described in 1849 {{Veneridae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chionopsis Lilacina
''Chionopsis'', is a genus of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. Species Species within this genus include: * '''' (Philippi, 1844) * '''' (Gmelin, 1791) * '''' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) * '' |
