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Chionista fluctifraga (smooth chione)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus fluctifraga was named by Sowerby (1853). It is extant.

It was recombined as Chione fluctifraga by Cooper (1888), Fitch (1966); it was recombined as Chione (Chione) fluctifraga by Dall (1902); it was recombined as Venus (Chione) fluctifraga by Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Willett (1937); it was recombined as Protothaca fluctifraga by Emerson and Addicott (1953); it was recombined as Chione (Chionista) fluctifraga by Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Chionista fluctifraga by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012), Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Venus fluctifraga Sowerby II p. 712
1864Venus cortezi Carpenter p. 570
1888Chione fluctifraga Cooper p. 234
1902Chione (Chione) fluctifraga Dall p. 392
1931Venus (Chione) fluctifraga Grant, IV and Gale p. 323
1937Venus (Chione) fluctifraga Willett p. 389
1953Protothaca fluctifraga Emerson and Addicott p. 440
1959Chione cortezi Emerson and Chace
1966Chione fluctifraga Fitch
1995Chione cortezi Rosa-Velez and Torre
2000Chione (Chionista) fluctifraga Coan et al. p. 369
2012Chionista fluctifraga Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 762
2021Chionista fluctifraga 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
genusChionistaKeen 1958
speciesfluctifraga(Sowerby 1853)

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.

Chionista fluctifraga Sowerby II 1853 [smooth chione]
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Invalid names: Chione cortezi Carpenter 1864 [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 16:33:21
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:33:21
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Chione cortezi (96589 96935 96936 96939 160361) Protothaca fluctifraga (240639) Venus fluctifraga (59063 96895 222660)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Chione cortezi (34937 34939) Chione fluctifraga (44963)