†Iliochione callistoides Pilsbry and Olsson 1941 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Anomalocardia callistoides
Full reference: H. A. Pilsbry and A.A. Olsson. 1941. A Pliocene fauna from Western Ecuador. Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 93:1-79
Belongs to Iliochione according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
Sister taxon: Iliochione subrugosa
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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