Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Chioninae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Lamprell and Whitehead 1992 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Antigona, Artena, Callithaca, Chione, Chioneryx, Chionista, Chionopsis, Circomphalus, Clausinella, Dosina, Dosiniini, Globivenus, Humilaria, Iliochione, Irusella, Kuia, Leukoma, Marama, Melosia, Mercenaria, Paphonotia, Paraesa, Periglypta, Proxichione, Tapetini, Tawera, Turia, Venerini, Venus, Ameghinomya, Lirophora, Timoclea, Austrovenus, Hinemoana, Nioche, Bassina, Anomalocardia
Subtaxa: Placamen calophyllum Placamen gravescens Placamen tiara Placemen placidum
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (4 collections), Japan (1), the Philippines (1), Taiwan (8)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (9)
• Pliocene of Australia (2), Indonesia (2), the Philippines (2)
• Miocene of Australia (6), Indonesia (3), the Philippines (1)
• Eocene of Australia (2)
Total: 41 collections including 42 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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