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Chione

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Chione was named by von Mühlfield (1811) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 814]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Venus (Chione) by Tenison Woods (1877).

It was assigned to Venus by Tenison Woods (1877); to Veneridae by Clark and Arnold (1923), Woodring (1925), Olsson (1931), Oostingh (1935), Durham (1944), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1999) and Todd (2001); to Chioninae by Woodring (1982), Perrilliat (1992), Ward (1992), Camacho et al. (2000) and Roopnarine (2001); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Venerinae by Glenn (1904), Gardner (1943), Gardner (1947), da Silva Forti (1969) and Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Species
C. (Anomalodiscus), C. (Chione), C. (Gnidiella), C. atlanticana, C. auriculata, C. bolivarensis, C. californiensis (syn. C. (Chione) allisoni, C. succincta), C. cancellata, C. casa, C. chipolana, C. cognata, C. compta, C. costaricensis, C. cribraria, C. dalliana, C. dictua, C. elevata, C. eupyga, C. guatulcoensis, C. guppyana, C. halli, C. moristans, C. nuciformis, C. paraensis, C. patagonica, C. rowleei, C. schencki, C. subimbricata, C. subroborata, C. subrostrata, C. sulcata, C. tumens, C. undatella (syn. C. simillima, Venus (Chione) neglecta), C. veatchiana, C. venadensis, C. vickeryi, C. walli
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. cordeliae, C. hendersoni, C. matulina, C. penthesileae, C. perbrevisformis, C. praepaphia, C. rhodia, C. sellardsi, C. taftoni, C. thalassopora, C. vaca, Venus pygmaea, Venus spurca, Venus taiwanensis, Venus yabei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Chione von Mühlfield p. 51
1877Venus (Chione) Tenison Woods p. 113
1904Chione Glenn p. 307
1923Chione Clark and Arnold p. 147
1925Chione Woodring p. 159
1931Chione Olsson p. 62
1935Chione Oostingh p. 184
1943Chione Gardner p. 127
1944Chione Durham p. 146
1947Chione Gardner p. 166
1969Chione da Silva Forti p. 86
1982Chione Woodring p. 701
1987Chione Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1992Chione Perrilliat p. 17
1992Chione Ward p. 104
1999Chione Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 36
2000Chione Camacho et al. p. 69
2001Chione Roopnarine p. 644
2001Chione Todd
2002Chione Sepkoski
2012Chione Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 756

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—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

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.

G. Chione von Mühlfield 1811
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Subg. †Chione (Chione) von Mühlfield 1811
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†Chione (Chione) cortinaria Rogers and Rogers 1847
†Chione (Chione) retugida Woodring 1925
†Chione (Chione) rodulfi Frassinetti and Covacevich 1993
†Chione (Chione) sawkinsi Woodring 1925
Subg. Chione (Gnidiella) Parker 1949
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†Chione atlanticana Anderson 1929
†Chione auriculata Bartrum 1919
†Chione bolivarensis Weisbord 1929
Chione californiensis Broderip and Sowerby I 1835
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Invalid names: Chione (Chione) allisoni Hertlein and Grant 1972 [synonym], Chione succincta Valenciennes 1821 [replaced]
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767
†Chione casa Ihering 1907
†Chione chipolana Dall 1903
†Chione cognata Pritchard 1903
Chione compta Broderip 1835
†Chione costaricensis Olsson 1922
†Chione cribraria Conrad 1843
†Chione dalliana Maury 1912
†Chione dictua Tate 1887
Chione elevata Say 1822
†Chione eupyga Ihering 1907
Chione guatulcoensis Hertlein and Strong 1948
†Chione guppyana Maury 1912
†Chione halli Pritchard 1895
†Chione moristans Olsson and Harbison 1953
†Chione nuciformis Heilprin 1887
†Chione paraensis White 1887
†Chione patagonica Philippi 1887
†Chione rowleei Olsson 1922
†Chione schencki Loel and Corey 1932
Chione subimbricata Sowerby 1835
†Chione subroborata Tate 1887
Chione subrostrata Lamarck 1818
†Chione sulcata Gabb 1860
Chione tumens Verrill 1870
Chione undatella Sowerby I 1835
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Invalid names: Chione simillima Sowerby 1855 [synonym], Venus (Chione) neglecta Sowerby I 1839 [synonym]
†Chione veatchiana Maury 1912
†Chione venadensis Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
†Chione vickeryi Wiedey 1929
†Chione walli Guppy 1866
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS/SI, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-04 16:33:10
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:33:10
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Holocene or 59.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (442 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago C. paraensis (80170)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Argentina C. sp. (71613)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy C. praecursor (78565 81043)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Sliven) C. aglaurae (103738)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (California) C. sp. (71181)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Florida) C. sp. (92785)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Florida) C. sp. (61123)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Argentina C. patagonica (71402)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Alabama) C. bainbridgensis (205616 205618)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) C. bainbridgensis (155965 205617) C. craspedonta (5791 5820 5943 5944 5947 5948 7114) C. perbrevisformis (6005 7110)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Washington) C. sp. (208177)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Santa Curz) C. patagonica (48067)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama C. sp. (42575 42578)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand (Southland) C. acuminata (50786 50787)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. eupyga, C. patagonica, C. casa (48068)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) C. schencki (52418) C. sp. (52385 52417 57789)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Mississippi) C. bainbridgensis (205805)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) C. imitabilis (151325) C. sp. (86499)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Mexico (Baja California Sur) C. sp. (43805)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) C. ballista, C. nuciformis (60985)