Chione (Chione) retugida Woodring 1925 (venus clam)

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) rodulfi, Chione (Chione) sawkinsi, Chione (Chione) springvalensis

Type specimen: USNM 352837, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Chione (Chione) retugida in the database

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