Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Chione (Anomalocardia) fernandoensis, Chione fernandoensis, Venus (Chione) securis fernandoensis
Full reference: W. A. English. 1914. The Fernando Group near Newhall, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 8(8):203-218
Belongs to Chione (Securella) securis according to Trumbull and Schumard 1958
See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931 and Parker 1949
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 11920, 11921 (syntypes), a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene of United States (13: California)
• Miocene of United States (2: California)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence