Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Chione (Chione) ensifera, Chione ensifera, Securella ensifera, Venus ensifera
Belongs to Chione (Securella) according to E. J. Moore 1963
See also Etherington 1931, Parker 1949 and Weaver 1942
Sister taxa: 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, Securella vancouverensis
Subtaxa: Chione ensifera chehalisensis
Type specimen: USNM 3611, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (7: Alaska, Oregon, Washington collections)
• Oligocene of United States (10: Washington)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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