Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae
Alternative spellings: Amiantis (Hysteroconcha), Pitaria (Hysteroconcha)
Synonyms: Cytherea (Dione) Gray 1847, Dione Gray 1847
Parent taxon: Callocardiinae according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Barrios 1960, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Mukerjee 1939, Sepkoski 2002, Skwarko 1994, Todd 2001 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Amiantis, Callocardia, Callpita, Callistalox, Dosiniopsis, Austrocallista, Dollfusia, Pseudopisidum, Costacallista, Aphrodina, Pelecyora, Callistina, Gilbertharrisella, Nitidavenus, Pitar, Goshoraia, Saxidomus, Egrona, Pseudaphrodina, Naulia, Marwickia, Lioconcha, Chimela, Rohea, Loxo, Trigonocallista, Lepidocardia, Notocallista, Larma, Lamelliconcha, Rhaiphiale, Katherinella, Pseudamiantis, Agriopoma, Mesocallista, Rhabdopitaria, Nutricola
Subtaxa: Dione annexa Hysteroconcha brevispinosus Hysteroconcha dione Hysteroconcha lupanaria Hysteroconcha multispinosus Hysteroconcha rosea
Type: Venus dione
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Indonesia (1 collection), Mexico (1), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Panama (1), Venezuela (3)
• Miocene of Panama (3), United States (4: Florida, Maryland)
Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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