†Chione (Chione) sawkinsi Woodring 1925 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: W. P. Woodring. 1925. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 1: Pelecypods and Scaphopods. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
Belongs to Chione (Chione) according to W. P. Woodring 1925
Sister taxa: Chione (Chione) bainbridgensis, Chione (Chione) buchivacoana, Chione (Chione) cortinaria, Chione (Chione) retugida, Chione (Chione) rodulfi, Chione (Chione) springvalensis
Type specimen: USNM 352936, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Jamaica (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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