Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Chione (Chione) californiensis, Venus californiensis
Invalid subtaxa: Chione (Chione) allisoni Hertlein and Grant 1972, Chione succincta Valenciennes 1821 [replaced name], Venus (Chione) succincta Valenciennes 1821 [replaced name], Venus succincta Valenciennes 1821 [replaced name]
Belongs to Chione according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Beal 1948, Coan et al. 2000, Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012, Emerson and Chace 1959, Grant, IV and Gale 1931 and Parker 1949
Sister taxa: Chione (Anomalodiscus), Chione (Chione), Chione (Gnidiella), Chione atlanticana, Chione auriculata, Chione bolivarensis, 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
Subtaxa: Chione (Chione) californiensis durhami Chione (Chione) californiensis gealeyi Chione (Chione) californiensis peabodyi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (17 collections), United States (17: California)
• Pliocene of Mexico (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 36 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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