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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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