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Chionopsis gnidia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus gnidia was named by Broderip and Sowerby I (1829). It is extant.

It was recombined as Chione (Gnidiella) gnidia by Parker (1949); it was recombined as Chione gnidia by Chace and Emerson (1959); it was recombined as Chione (Chionopsis) gnidia by Keen (1971); it was recombined as Chionopsis gnidia by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012), Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Chione taftoni, C. bolivarensis, C. walli, C. australis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Venus gnidia Broderip and Sowerby I
1949Chione (Gnidiella) gnidia Parker p. 583 figs. Plate 89, figure 12; plate 91, figures 1, 8, 11
1959Chione gnidia Chace and Emerson
1971Chione (Chionopsis) gnidia Keen
2012Chionopsis gnidia Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 764
2021Chionopsis gnidia Hendy

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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
genusChionopsisOlsson 1932
speciesgnidia(Broderip and Sowerby I 1829)

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.

Chionopsis gnidia Broderip and Sowerby I 1829
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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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Chione gnidia (194888)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Chione gnidia (240570)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Chione gnidia (96565)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Chione gnidia (222954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Chione gnidia (96589 96930 96935 96936 96938 96939 160361 219029 219030 222956 222964 223524 240612 240621) Venus gnidia (96895 222660)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Chione gnidia (34923 34933 34934 34936 34937 34938 44963 96558)