Chione moristans Olsson and Harbison 1953 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Chione (Chione) moristans

Full reference: A. A. Olsson and A. Harbison. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Monograph 8:1-457

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

See also Olsson and Harbison 1953

Sister taxa: Chione (Anomalodiscus), Chione (Chione), Chione (Gnidiella), Chione atlanticana, 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 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: ANSP 19187, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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