Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: L. W. Wiedey. 1929. New Miocene mollusks from California. Journal of Paleontology 3(3):280-289
Belongs to Chione according to L. W. Wiedey 1929
Sister taxa: Chione (Anomalodiscus), Chione (Chione), Chione (Gnidiella), Chione atlanticana, Chione auriculata, Chione bolivarensis, Chione californiensis, Chione cancellata, Chione casa, Chione chipolana, Chione cognata, Chione compta, Chione costaricensis, Chione cribraria, Chione dalliana, Chione dictua, Chione elevata, Chione eupyga, Chione guatulcoensis, Chione guppyana, Chione halli, Chione moristans, Chione nuciformis, Chione paraensis, Chione patagonica, Chione rowleei, Chione schencki, Chione subimbricata, Chione subroborata, Chione subrostrata, Chione sulcata, Chione tumens, Chione undatella, Chione veatchiana, Chione venadensis, Chione walli
Type specimen: LSJU 518. Its type locality is LSJU loc. 451, Alum Rock Canyon, which is in a Miocene coastal sandstone in California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at LSJU loc. 451, Alum Rock Canyon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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