Chione atlanticana Anderson 1929 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1929. Marine Miocene and related deposits of North Colombia. Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences 18(4):73-213

Belongs to Chione according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Anderson 1929

Sister taxa: Chione (Anomalodiscus), Chione (Chione), Chione (Gnidiella), Chione auriculata, Chione bolivarensis, Chione californiensis, Chione cancellata, Chione casa, Chione chipolana, Chione cognata, Chione compta, Chione costaricensis, Chione cribraria, Chione dalliana, Chione dictua, Chione elevata, Chione eupyga, Chione guatulcoensis, Chione guppyana, Chione halli, Chione moristans, Chione nuciformis, Chione paraensis, Chione patagonica, Chione rowleei, Chione schencki, Chione subimbricata, Chione subroborata, Chione subrostrata, Chione sulcata, Chione tumens, Chione undatella, Chione veatchiana, Chione venadensis, Chione vickeryi, Chione walli

Type specimen: CAS 4676, a shell. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 267 (horizon P), Tubará Mtn [Tubará Fm], which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in the Tubará Formation of Colombia.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at CAS Loc. 267 (horizon P), Tubará Mtn [Tubará Fm]

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