Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spelling: Chione (Chionopsis)
Synonym: Gnidiella Parker 1949
Parent taxon: Venerinae according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Perrilliat 1992, Pilsbry and Olsson 1941, Roopnarine 2001, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Antigona, Artena, Callithaca, Chione, Chioneryx, Chionista, Circomphalus, Clausinella, Dosina, Dosiniini, Globivenus, Humilaria, Iliochione, Irusella, Kuia, Leukoma, Marama, Melosia, Mercenaria, Paphonotia, Paraesa, Periglypta, Proxichione, Tapetini, Tawera, Turia, Venerini, Venus, Placamen, Anomalocardia, Bassina, Timoclea, Hinemoana, Ameghinomya, Lirophora, Austrovenus, Nioche
Subtaxa: Chione (Chionopsis) angelana Chione (Chionopsis) bainbridgensis Chione (Chionopsis) eurylopas Chione (Chionopsis) jamaniana Chione (Chionopsis) manabia Chione (Chionopsis) posorjensis Chione (Chionopsis) propinqua Chione (Chionopsis) richthofeni Chione (Chionopsis) sechuntana Chione (Chionopsis) semiplicata Chione (Chionopsis) spiekeri Chione (Chionopsis) tegulum Chione (Chionopsis) temblorensis Chione (Chionopsis) traftoni Chione (Chionopsis) variabilis Chione (Chionopsis) venadoensis Chione (Chionopsis) wiedenmayeri Chionopsis (Puberella) Chionopsis amathusia Chionopsis crenifera Chionopsis gnidia Chionopsis lilacina Chionopsis munsterii Chionopsis ornatissima Chionopsis pubera Chionopsis pulicaria Chionopsis woodwardi
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (2 collections), Bermuda (2), Costa Rica (2), Ecuador (2), Mexico (9), Panama (2), United States (25: California, Florida, Louisiana, New Jersey, South Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ecuador (1)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (5), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (2), Jamaica (3), Panama (1), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (2), Colombia (30), the Dominican Republic (10), Ecuador (8), Mexico (13), Panama (91), Peru (5), Puerto Rico (4), United States (39: California), Venezuela (7)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Ecuador (1), Panama (4), Peru (1), United States (26: California, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi)
Total: 301 collections including 313 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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