Lady-in-waiting Venus

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(Conrad, 1849)

Chionopsis intapurpurea

Lady-in-waiting Venus

Phylum:

Mollusca

Taxonomy

Class:

Bivalvia

Order:

Venerida

Family:

Veneridae

UF 542975

Shell Information

Maximum size: 42.5

Chirality:

N/A

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Maryland to Caribbean Sea

Depth (m):

0.3 to 86 meters

Diet:

Habitat:

Works Cited

MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Chionopsis intapurpurea (Conrad, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=870588 on 2023-01-24
Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/