Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Chione whitneyi, Dosinia (Dosinidia) whitneyi, Dosinia (Dosinidia) whitneyii, Dosinia whitneyi
Synonyms: Dosinia (Dosinidia) mathewsonii Gabb 1869, Dosinia mathewsonii Gabb 1869
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1866. Section I. Tertiary Invertebrate Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils 1-38
Belongs to Dosinia (Dosinia) according to W. O. Addicott 1973
See also Clark 1918, Etherington 1931, Gabb 1866, Gabb 1869, Loel and Corey 1932, Moore 1963 and Stewart 1930
Sister taxa: Dosinia (Dosinia) boettgeri, Dosinia (Dosinia) concentrica, Dosinia (Dosinia) delicatissima, Dosinia (Dosinia) liogona, Dosinia (Dosinia) multilamellata, Dosinia (Dosinia) peralta, Dosinia (Dosinia) radiata, Dosinia (Dosinia) semilaevis, Dosinia (Dosinia) sicarisinus
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (6: California, Oregon collections)
• Oligocene of United States (26: California, Washington)
Total: 32 collections including 33 occurrences
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