Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Chione (Chione) undatella, Venus undatella
Synonyms: Chione (Chione) undatella simillima Sowerby 1855, Chione simillima Sowerby 1855, Venus (Chione) neglecta Sowerby I 1839, Venus neglecta Sowerby I 1839, Venus simillima Sowerby 1855
Belongs to Chione according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Arnold 1903, Coan et al. 2000, Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012, Cooper 1888, Parker 1949 and Powell and Stevens 2000
Sister taxa: Chione (Anomalodiscus), Chione (Chione), Chione (Gnidiella), Chione atlanticana, Chione auriculata, Chione bolivarensis, Chione californiensis, Chione cancellata, Chione casa, Chione chipolana, Chione cognata, Chione compta, Chione costaricensis, Chione cribraria, Chione dalliana, Chione dictua, Chione elevata, Chione eupyga, Chione guatulcoensis, Chione guppyana, Chione halli, Chione moristans, Chione nuciformis, Chione paraensis, Chione patagonica, Chione rowleei, Chione schencki, Chione subimbricata, Chione subroborata, Chione subrostrata, Chione sulcata, Chione tumens, Chione veatchiana, Chione venadensis, Chione vickeryi, Chione walli
Subtaxa: Chione (Chione) undatella taberi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ecuador (1 collection), Mexico (3), United States (17: California)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (2), Mexico (2), United States (2: California)
• Miocene of Mexico (1)
Total: 28 collections including 30 occurrences
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