Chionopsis gnidia

Chionopsis gnidia, is a species of medium-sized saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. [1][2]

Chionopsis gnidia
Valves of Chionopsis gnidia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Chionopsis
Species:
C. gnidia
Binomial name
Chionopsis gnidia

References
  1. WoRMS
  2. Broderip, W. J.; Sowerby, G. B., I. (1829). Observations on new or intersting Mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. Zoological Journal. 4: 359-379


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