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Chione californiensis

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Chione californiensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Chione
Species:
C. californiensis
Binomial name
Chione californiensis
(W. J. Broderip, 1835)

Chione californiensis, common name the California venus, is a species of medium-sized edible saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.

The species was eaten by the indigenous peoples of California.[1]

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