Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Chione vancouverensis
Full reference: B. L. Clark and R. Arnold. 1923. Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14(5):123-234
Belongs to Securella according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Clark and Arnold 1923, Parker 1949 and Weaver 1942
Sister taxa: Chione (Securella) ensifera, Chione (Securella) kanakoffi, Securella alaskensis, Securella bisculpta, Securella carmanahensis, Securella clallamensis, Securella cryptolineata, Securella elsmerensis, Securella juanensis, Securella montesanoensis, Securella olympidea, Securella panzana, Securella securis, Securella staleyi
Type specimen: UCMP IP 30052
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Kirby Creek, east (Oligocene of British Columbia)
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