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Chione

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Bivalvia
    Subclass:  
Heterodonta
    Order:  
Veneroida
    Superfamily:  
Veneracea (Venus clams)
    Family:  
Veneridae
    Subfamily:  
Chioninae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Chione Megerle von MÜHLFELD, 1811
    Type Species:  
Vehus dysera Linné (of Gmelin, 1791) (non Linné, 1758) (=V. cancellata Linné, 1767), SD GRAY, 1847


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Geographic Distribution

N.Am.-S.Am.-C.Am.N.Z.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Oligo.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Rupelian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
33.9
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Cordate, lunule and escutcheon mostly well defined, concentric sculpture strong, frilled in some forms




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