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Chione paraensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus (Chione) paraensis was named by White (1887) [DISTRIBUTION: ?Paleocene-Eocene; Caribbean-Brazil.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Chione paraensis by Maury (1912).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Venus (Chione) paraensis White pp. 94-95 figs. pl. 5, figs. 34, 35
1912Chione paraensis Maury p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusChionevon Mühlfield 1811
speciesparaensis(White 1887)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Chione paraensis White 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available