Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Chione (Chione) metadon, Chione metodon
Synonyms: Nioche (Nioche) mcgintyi Olsson 1961, Nioche (Nioche) zorritensis Olsson 1961
Belongs to Leukoma according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Parker 1949
Sister taxa: Leukoma asperrima, Leukoma beili, Leukoma columbiensis, Leukoma dolicha, Leukoma ecuadoriana, Leukoma grata, Leukoma histrionica, Leukoma laciniata, Leukoma pertincta, Leukoma staleyi, Leukoma staminea, Leukoma thaca, Protothaca (Tropithaca) seymourensis, Protothaca (Novathaca), Protothaca (Protothaca)
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at CAS Loc. 27249, Isla Baltra (Pliocene of Ecuador)
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