Subgenus (Chionista) A. M. Keen, 1958

(3-4-4-0-26-7-1-15-4-0-0-0-0)
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 524
Bernard, 1983 p 52
Keen, 1971 p 186
Vaught, 1989 p 135

cortezi (ex Sloat, ms, P. P. Carpenter, 1864)
(3-4-4-0-26-7-1-15-4-1-0-0-0)
Syn. Chione (Chione) gibbosula authors [not L. A. Reeve, 1863, nor Venus gibbosula ex G. P. Deshayes, ms, P. P. Carpenter, 1864];
Venus (Venus) cortezi ex Sloat, ms, P. P. Carpenter, 1864
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 51
Syn. Chione (Chione) gibbosula authors [not L. A. Reeve, 1863]
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 186 bw

fluctifraga (G. B. Sowerby, 1853) [T]
(3-4-4-0-26-7-1-15-4-2-0-0-0)
Smooth Pacific Venus, Smooth Venus
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 366 c
Amer. Fish. Soc., 1988 p 44
Syn. Venus (Venus) gibbosula L. A. Reeve, 1863
Ref. Abbott, 1974 p 524 bw
Syn. Venus (Venus) callosa authors [not J. B. P. A. de Lamarck, 1805, nor Cytherea callosa T. A. Conrad, 1837];
Venus (Venus) fluctifraga G. B. Sowerby, 1853;
Venus (Venus) gibbosula ex G. P. Deshayes, ms, P. P. Carpenter, 1864 [not Chione gibbosula ex G. P. Deshayes, ms, L. A. Reeve, 1863];
Venus (Venus) sugillata L. A. Reeve, 1863 [not Cytherea sugillata J. H. Jonas, 1846]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 51
Syn. "Venus (Venus) callosa Conrad" of G. B. Sowerby, 1853, not T. A. Conrad, 1837;
Venus (Venus) gibbosula ex G. P. Deshayes, ms, L. A. Reeve, 1863
Ref. Keen, 1971 p 186 bw

gnidia (W. J. Broderip & G. B. Sowerby, 1829)
(3-4-4-0-26-7-1-15-4-3-0-0-0)
Gnidia Venus
Ref. Abbott & Dance, 1982 p 366 c
Syn. Venus (Venus) gnidia W. J. Broderip & G. B. Sowerby, 1829
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 52

ornatissima (W. J. Broderip, 1835)
(3-4-4-0-26-7-1-15-4-4-0-0-0)
Syn. Chione (Chione) traftoni H. A. Pilsbry & A. A. Olsson, 1941;
Venus (Venus) ornatissima W. J. Broderip, 1835
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 52

pulicaria (W. J. Broderip, 1835)
(3-4-4-0-26-7-1-15-4-5-0-0-0)
Syn. Venus (Venus) cingulata authors [not J. B. P. A. de Lamarck, 1818];
Venus (Venus) pinacatensis ex Sloat, ms, P. P. Carpenter, 1864;
Venus (Venus) pulicaria W. J. Broderip, 1835
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 52

purpurissata W. H. Dall, 1902
(3-4-4-0-26-7-1-15-4-6-0-0-0)
Syn. Chione (Chione) purpurissata W. H. Dall, 1902;
Venus crenulata lilacina P. P. Carpenter, 1864 [not Chione (Chione) lilacina J. E. Gray, 1834, nor Venus lilacina Voigt in G. L. Cuvier, 1834]
Ref. Bernard, 1983 p 52