Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Chione (Chione) sawkinsi

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Chione (Chione) sawkinsi was named by Woodring (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is USNM 352936, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Chione (Chione) sawkinsi Woodring pp. 159-160 figs. pl. 21, figs. 12-14

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
subgenusChionevon Mühlfield 1811
speciessawkinsi

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 (Chione) sawkinsi Woodring 1925
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:33:10
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:33:10
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Chione sawkinsi (58522 69092 69093 69094)