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Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy

Chione bainbridgensis was named by Dall (1916).

It was recombined as Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis by Woodring (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. cordeliae, C. perbrevisformis, C. matulina, C. rhodia, C. thalassopora, C. vaca, C. taftoni, C. hendersoni, C. penthesileae, C. praepaphia, C. sellardsi, Chionopsis bolivarensis, Chionopsis walli, Chionopsis australis, Venus pygmaea, Venus spurca, Venus taiwanensis, Venus yabei

Synonyms

Chione spenceri was named by Mansfield (1938). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis by Woodring (1982).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1916	Chione bainbridgensis Dall p. 499 figs. 84: 5, 6
1938	Chione spenceri Mansfield p. 105 figs. figs. 8, 16
1982	Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis Woodring p. 701

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Veneroidei	(Gray 1854)
—	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Venerinae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Chione	Olsson 1932
subgenus	Chionopsis
species	bainbridgensis	()

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 (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis Dall 1916

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Invalid names: Chione spenceri Mansfield 1938 [synonym]

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 16:33:31

Modified:

2009-09-04 18:33:31

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Aquitanian or 33.90000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (24 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Florida)	Chione bainbridgensis (61122 80184) Chione spenceri (41197)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Georgia)	Chione bainbridgensis (60824 60831 60832 60834 60835 60837 60838 60839)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Florida)	Chione bainbridgensis (60663 60665 60677 60951 60960 60968 60970 60971 60977 60978)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Mississippi)	Chione bainbridgensis (6005 7110)
Chattian - Aquitanian	27.3 - 20.45	USA (Florida)	Chione spenceri (61100)