Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Chione (Chione) woodwardi, Chione (Chionopsis) woodwardi, Chione woodwardi, Venus woodwardi
Belongs to Chionopsis according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Perrilliat 1992 and Woodring 1925
Sister taxa: 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
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1 collection), Jamaica (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (10), Puerto Rico (4)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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