Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Chione (Chionopsis) amathusia, Chione (Gnidiella) amathusia, Venus amathusia
Synonym: Chione jamaniana Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Belongs to Chionopsis according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Parker 1949 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Chione (Chionopsis) angelana, Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis, Chione (Chionopsis) eurylopas, Chione (Chionopsis) jamaniana, Chione (Chionopsis) manabia, Chione (Chionopsis) posorjensis, Chione (Chionopsis) propinqua, Chione (Chionopsis) richthofeni, Chione (Chionopsis) sechuntana, Chione (Chionopsis) semiplicata, Chione (Chionopsis) spiekeri, Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum, Chione (Chionopsis) temblorensis, Chione (Chionopsis) traftoni, Chione (Chionopsis) variabilis, Chione (Chionopsis) venadoensis, Chione (Chionopsis) wiedenmayeri, Chionopsis (Puberella), Chionopsis crenifera, Chionopsis gnidia, Chionopsis lilacina, Chionopsis munsterii, Chionopsis ornatissima, Chionopsis pubera, Chionopsis pulicaria, Chionopsis woodwardi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Ecuador (2), Panama (2)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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