Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Chione (Chamelea) dalli, Chione (Chione) dalli, Chione dalli
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1914. New and interesting Neocene fossils from the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Bulletins of American Paleontology 5(24):1-34
Belongs to Lirophora according to L. W. Ward 1992
See also Gardner 1943 and Olsson 1914
Sister taxa: Chione (Lirophora) agraria, Chione (Lirophora) hendersonii, Lirophora (Lirophora), Lirophora (Panchione), Lirophora holocyma, Lirophora hotelensis, Lirophora mariae, Lirophora parkeria, Lirophora vredenburgi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Virginia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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