Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Chione cryptolineata
Synonyms: Chione lineolata Clark 1918, Chione mediostriata Clark 1918
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1918. The San Lorenzo series of Middle California. a stratigraphic and paleontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(2):45-234
Belongs to Securella according to P. Parker 1949
See also Clark 1918
Sister taxa: Chione (Securella) ensifera, Chione (Securella) kanakoffi, Securella alaskensis, Securella bisculpta, Securella carmanahensis, Securella clallamensis, Securella elsmerensis, Securella juanensis, Securella montesanoensis, Securella olympidea, Securella panzana, Securella securis, Securella staleyi, Securella vancouverensis
Type specimens:
- Securella cryptolineata: UCMP 11178. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.
- Chione lineolata: UCMP 11123. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.
- Chione mediostriata: UCMP 11181. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (8: Alaska, California collections)
Total: 8 collections including 10 occurrences
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