Chione (Timoclea) picta Willett 1944 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Chione picta
Full reference: G. Willett. 1944. Two new west American pelecypods. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 433(1):199-22
Belongs to Chione (Timoclea) according to Keen 1971
See also Willett 1944
Sister taxa: Timoclea (Glycydonta), Timoclea (Timoclea), Timoclea (Veremolpa), Timoclea costellifera, Timoclea grus, Timoclea imbricata, Timoclea marica, Timoclea ovata
Type specimen: USNM 218340, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (2 collections), United States (7: California)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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