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Species Page:

Lady-in-waiting Venus

(Conrad, 1849)

Chionopsis intapurpurea

Class:

Bivalvia

Order:

Venerida

Family:

Veneridae

Veneridae

Image Voucher: 

UF 542975

Shell Information

Maximum size: 42.5

N/A

Chirality:

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

Maryland to Caribbean Sea

0.3 to 86 meters

Diet:

Habitat:

Marine

Misc. Facts

Citations

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/

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