Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Chione (Gnidiella) temblorensis, Chione temblorensis, Venus (Chione) temblorensis, Venus temblorensis
Synonym: Chione temblorensis subtemblorensis Loel and Corey 1932
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1905. A Stratigraphic Study in the Mount Diablo Range of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Third Series Geology 2(2):1-148
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) richthofeni, Chione (Chionopsis) sechuntana, Chione (Chionopsis) semiplicata, Chione (Chionopsis) spiekeri, Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum, 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
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (4 collections), United States (6: California)
• Oligocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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