Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Chione (Anomalocardia) mariae, Venus mariae
Synonym: Chione (Lirophora) gorgona Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Belongs to Lirophora according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Parker 1949 and Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Sister taxa: Chione (Lirophora) agraria, Chione (Lirophora) hendersonii, Lirophora (Lirophora), Lirophora (Panchione), Lirophora dalli, Lirophora holocyma, Lirophora hotelensis, Lirophora parkeria, Lirophora vredenburgi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), Ecuador (3), Mexico (1), Panama (1), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Ecuador (3)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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