Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spellings: Antigona (Circomphalus), Chione (Circomphalus)
Synonyms: Bassinaria Marwick 1928, Callanaitis Iredale 1917
Parent taxon: Venerinae according to G. Rosenberg 2005
See also Beu and Raine 2009, Marasti 1973, Oostingh 1935, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Antigona, Artena, Callithaca, Chione, Chioneryx, Chionista, Chionopsis, Clausinella, Dosina, Dosiniini, Globivenus, Humilaria, Iliochione, Irusella, Kuia, Leukoma, Marama, Melosia, Mercenaria, Paphonotia, Paraesa, Periglypta, Proxichione, Tapetini, Tawera, Turia, Venerini, Venus, Ameghinomya, Austrovenus, Anomalocardia, Hinemoana, Lirophora, Nioche, Placamen, Bassina, Timoclea
Subtaxa: Callanaitis allporti Callanaitis disjecta Chione (Circomphalus) isabellina Circomphalus strigillinus Circomphalus subplicatus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene of Indonesia (4), Italy (1), Portugal (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Austria (7), Bulgaria (3), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Italy (3), Poland (2), Slovakia (2)
Total: 28 collections including 29 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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