Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Chione (Gnidiella) richthofeni, Chione richthofeni
Full reference: L. G. Hertlein and E. K. Jordan. 1927. Paleontology of the Miocene of Lower California. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences 16(19):605-647
Belongs to Chione (Chionopsis) according to O.S. Adegoke 1969
See also Loel and Corey 1932 and Parker 1949
Sister taxa: Chione (Chionopsis) angelana, Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis, Chione (Chionopsis) eurylopas, Chione (Chionopsis) jamaniana, Chione (Chionopsis) manabia, Chione (Chionopsis) posorjensis, Chione (Chionopsis) propinqua, Chione (Chionopsis) sechuntana, Chione (Chionopsis) semiplicata, Chione (Chionopsis) spiekeri, Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum, Chione (Chionopsis) temblorensis, Chione (Chionopsis) traftoni, Chione (Chionopsis) variabilis, Chione (Chionopsis) venadoensis, Chione (Chionopsis) wiedenmayeri, Chionopsis (Puberella), Chionopsis amathusia, Chionopsis crenifera, Chionopsis gnidia, Chionopsis lilacina, Chionopsis munsterii, Chionopsis ornatissima, Chionopsis pubera, Chionopsis pulicaria, Chionopsis woodwardi
Type specimen: LSJU 66, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (4 collections), United States (9: California)
• Oligocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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