Galapagos Species Database
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Chione undatella
almejas de costillas ondeadas, Wave-ribbed venus
Length: 65 mm.
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), Intertidal and subtidal.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Venerida
Superfamily
Veneroidea
Family
Veneridae
Genus
Chione
Species
undatella
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: part. Venus neglecta auct., non Sowerby, 1839, nec Gray, 1839; ANSP: 81793, 153625, LACM: 71-69, 71-71, 71-73, 72-196, HH-1988, HH-2051, BMNH: acc. n° 2271: 1 specimen (Charles Lyell coll., C. Darwin material), CDRS: 182, 646, 888, 901, 1131, 1537, CLHI: 97-220 (CDRS), FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, MHNG: expedition to the Galapagos, 1993
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: California to Perú and Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Chione undatella", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8628. Accessed 31 October 2026.