Family Veneridae
Chione elevata
(Say, 1822)
Florida cross-barred venus - 25 mm

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Shell thick, trigonal. Sculpture of blade-like concentric ridges crosssed by radial ribs. Interspaces between ribs smaller than between ridges. Lunule heart-shaped, dark. Color white to light gray. Sometimes brown rays. Internally white, frequently with blue-purple markings.