WoRMS taxon details
Chionista Keen, 1958
492476 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:492476)
accepted
Genus
Venus fluctifraga G. B. Sowerby II, 1853 accepted as Chionista fluctifraga (G. B. Sowerby II, 1853) (type by original designation)
Chione (Chionista) Keen, 1958 · unaccepted > superseded rank
marine, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
(of Chione (Chionista) Keen, 1958) Keen, A. M. (1958). New mollusks from tropical West America. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 38(172): 234-255., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28022823 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chionista Keen, 1958. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492476 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Chione (Chionista) Keen, 1958) Keen, A. M. (1958). New mollusks from tropical West America. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 38(172): 234-255., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28022823 [details]
Taxonomy
redescription
Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
