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Chione (Chione) compta meridionalis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy

Chione meridionalis was named by Oldroyd (1921). It is extant. Its type specimen is UCMP 3135.

It was recombined as Chione (Chione) compta meridionalis by Parker (1949).

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, Venus pygmaea, Venus spurca, Venus taiwanensis, Venus yabei

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1921	Chione meridionalis Oldroyd p. 93 figs. Plate IV, figs. 3, 4
1949	Chione (Chione) compta meridionalis Parker p. 581 figs. Plate 90, figure 14

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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
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	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	von Mühlfield 1811
subgenus	Chione
species	compta	(Broderip 1835)
subspecies	meridionalis	()

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) compta meridionalis Oldroyd 1921

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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 16:33:10

Modified:

2009-09-04 18:33:10

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

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

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Chile	Chione meridionalis (78426 78427 78428)