Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Chione (Securella) securis, Chione securis, Venus (Chione) securis, Venus securis
Synonyms: Chione parapodema Dall 1909, Venus parapodema Dall 1909
Belongs to Securella according to W. F. Faustman 1964
See also Clark 1932, Etherington 1931, Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Hendy et al. 2008, Parker 1949 and Weaver 1942
Sister taxa: Chione (Securella) ensifera, Securella alaskensis, Securella bisculpta, Securella carmanahensis, Securella clallamensis, Securella cryptolineata, Securella elsmerensis, Securella juanensis, Securella montesanoensis, Securella olympidea, Securella panzana, Securella staleyi, Securella vancouverensis
Subtaxa: Chione (Securella) securis fernandoensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Pliocene of the Russian Federation (1), United States (18: California, Oregon)
• Miocene of Mexico (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (2: California)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
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