Chione (Chione) rodulfi Frassinetti and Covacevich 1993 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: D. Frassinetti and V. Covacevich. 1993. Bivalvos del Mioceno marino de Matanzas (Formacíon Navidad, Chile central). Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Chile 44:73-97

Belongs to Chione (Chione) according to D. Frassinetti and V. Covacevich 1993

Sister taxa: Chione (Chione) bainbridgensis, Chione (Chione) buchivacoana, Chione (Chione) cortinaria, Chione (Chione) retugida, Chione (Chione) sawkinsi, Chione (Chione) springvalensis

Type specimen: SGO.PI.3769, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Loc. 1 - Matanzas (Miocene of Chile)

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