Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Chione (Lirophora) mactropsis, Chione (Panchione) mactropsis, Chione mactropsis, Gratelupia mactropsis
Synonyms: Chione (Lirophora) ebergenyii Böse 1906, Chione ebergenyii Böse 1906, Lepas injudicata Pilsbry 1918, Venus (Chione) ebergenyii Böse 1906
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1855. Report Of Mr. T. A. Conrad On The Fossil Shells Collected In California By Wm. P. Blake, Geologist Of The Expedition Under The Command Of Lieutenant R. S. Williamson, United States Topographical Engineers. Description of the fossils and shells collected in California by William P. Blake, Geologist of the United States Pacific Railroad Survey in California. under the command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson, In 1853-54. Article 1 of Appendix to the Preliminary Geological Report of WIlliam P. Blake, Geologist of the Survey in California Under the Command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson. Palæontology 5-21
Belongs to Lirophora (Panchione) according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Anderson 1929, Brown and Pilsbry 1911, Conrad 1855, Olsson 1922, Olsson 1964 and Perrilliat and Flores-Guerrero 2011
Sister taxa: Lirophora (Panchione) buenavistana, Lirophora (Panchione) funiakensis, Lirophora (Panchione) ulocyma
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Mexico (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Colombia (2), Costa Rica (2), Mexico (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (4), Ecuador (1), Panama (46), Venezuela (1)
Total: 58 collections each including a single occurrence
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