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title: "Florida Cross-barred Venus"
description: "Chione elevata — Autres animaux. Chione elevata, the Florida cross-barred venus, is a species of bivalve in the family Veneridae often confused for another species, Chione cancellata with a more southern distribution."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/florida-cross-barred-venus
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Florida Cross-barred Venus

> Chione elevata — Autres animaux. Chione elevata, the Florida cross-barred venus, is a species of bivalve in the family Veneridae often confused for another species, Chione cancellata with a more southern distribution.

- Scientific name: *Chione elevata*
- Category: `other` (Autres animaux)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 5538
- Wikidata: [Q13463480](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13463480)
- iNaturalist taxon: [253635](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/253635)

## Names

- en: Florida Cross-barred Venus
- es: Almeja Venus barrada

## Countries with the most observations

US (4633), MX (173), BS (38), CU (5), BM (3)

## Summary

Chione elevata, the Florida cross-barred venus, is a species of bivalve in the family Veneridae often confused for another species, Chione cancellata with a more southern distribution.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chione_elevata

## Photo

![Florida Cross-barred Venus](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/florida-cross-barred-venus/medium.jpg)

Photo: Alan Weakley · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/305048867

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/florida-cross-barred-venus?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).