Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spelling: Chione (Lirophora)
Parent taxon: Chioninae according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Mansfield 1940, Perrilliat 1992, Pilsbry and Olsson 1941, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Ward 1992 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Antigona, Artena, Callithaca, Chione, Chioneryx, Chionista, Chionopsis, Circomphalus, Clausinella, Dosina, Dosiniini, Globivenus, Humilaria, Iliochione, Irusella, Kuia, Leukoma, Marama, Melosia, Mercenaria, Paphonotia, Paraesa, Periglypta, Proxichione, Tapetini, Tawera, Turia, Venerini, Venus, Timoclea, Ameghinomya, Bassina, Nioche, Austrovenus, Placamen, Hinemoana, Anomalocardia
Subtaxa: Chione (Lirophora) agraria Chione (Lirophora) hendersonii Lirophora (Lirophora) Lirophora (Panchione) Lirophora dalli Lirophora holocyma Lirophora hotelensis Lirophora mariae Lirophora parkeria Lirophora vredenburgi
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (1 collection), Cayman Islands (3), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (2), Cuba (3), Dominica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (3), Haiti (1), Jamaica (1), Mexico (1), Panama (1), United States (18: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1), Mexico (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Colombia (9), Costa Rica (12), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (4), Jamaica (4), Mexico (2), Panama (7), Trinidad and Tobago (15), United States (25: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (9)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (7), Colombia (12), the Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (5), Mexico (5), Panama (90), Peru (3), Trinidad and Tobago (13), United States (70: Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (9)
• Oligocene of Haiti (1), United States (15: Alabama, Mississippi)
• Eocene of Venezuela (3)
Total: 365 collections including 423 occurrences
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