Chione (Timoclea) picta Willett 1944 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Chione picta

Full reference: G. Willett. 1944. Two new west American pelecypods. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 433(1):199-22

Belongs to Chione (Timoclea) according to Keen 1971

See also Willett 1944

Sister taxa: Timoclea (Glycydonta), Timoclea (Timoclea), Timoclea (Veremolpa), Timoclea costellifera, Timoclea grus, Timoclea imbricata, Timoclea marica, Timoclea ovata

Type specimen: USNM 218340, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Mexico (2 collections), United States (7: California)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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