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Wavy Chione

Chione undatella (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The wavy chione (Chione undatella) is a species in the family Veneridae, order Venerida.

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Quick facts about the wavy chione

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the wavy chione live?

Not recorded

Is the wavy chione endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the wavy chione classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderVenerida
  5. familyVeneridae
  6. genusChione
  7. SpeciesChione undatella (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)

Synonyms Chione simillima, Chione taberi, Chione undatella taberi, Venus entobapta, Venus excavata, Venus neglecta, Venus perdix, Venus simillima, Venus undatella

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Frilled venusEnglish
  • Almeja roñosa del Golfo de Baja CaliforniaSpanish
  • Хионе волнистаяRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the wavy chione

Other species in the same genus Chione.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the wavy chione?

The wavy chione (Chione undatella) belongs to the family Veneridae in the order Venerida.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Wavy Chione (Chione undatella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/wavy-chione

MLA

“Wavy Chione (Chione undatella).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/wavy-chione.

BibTeX
@misc{wavy_chione_2026,
  title = {Wavy Chione (Chione undatella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/wavy-chione},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}