Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Chione tegulum, Chionopsis tegula
Synonyms: Chione (Chione) paraguanensis Hodson 1927, Chione (Chionopsis) paraguanensis Hodson 1927
Full reference: A. P. Brown and H. A. Pilsbry. 1911. Fauna of the Gatun Formation, Isthmus of Panama. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciencesof Philadelphia 63(2):336-373
Belongs to Chione (Chionopsis) according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Brown and Pilsbry 1911, Jung 1965 and Olsson 1964
Sister taxa: Chione (Chionopsis) angelana, Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis, Chione (Chionopsis) eurylopas, Chione (Chionopsis) jamaniana, Chione (Chionopsis) manabia, Chione (Chionopsis) posorjensis, Chione (Chionopsis) propinqua, Chione (Chionopsis) richthofeni, Chione (Chionopsis) sechuntana, Chione (Chionopsis) semiplicata, Chione (Chionopsis) spiekeri, Chione (Chionopsis) temblorensis, Chione (Chionopsis) traftoni, Chione (Chionopsis) variabilis, Chione (Chionopsis) venadoensis, Chione (Chionopsis) wiedenmayeri, Chionopsis (Puberella), Chionopsis amathusia, Chionopsis crenifera, Chionopsis gnidia, Chionopsis lilacina, Chionopsis munsterii, Chionopsis ornatissima, Chionopsis pubera, Chionopsis pulicaria, Chionopsis woodwardi
Subtaxa: Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum dauleana
Type specimens:
- Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum: ANSP (no number), a shell
- Chione (Chionopsis) paraguanensis: PRI 22850, a shell.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Colombia (28 collections), Ecuador (3), Panama (64), Venezuela (7)
Total: 102 collections each including a single occurrence
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