Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spellings: Arca (Anomalocardia), Chione (Anomalocardia)
Synonym: Cryptogramma Morch 1853
Parent taxon: Chioninae according to L. W. Ward 1992
See also da Silva Forti 1969, Hendy et al. 2008, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Parker 1949, Sepkoski 2002, Skwarko 1994, Todd 2001, Vokes 1980 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Antigona, Artena, Callithaca, Chione, Chioneryx, Chionista, Chionopsis, Circomphalus, Clausinella, Dosina, Dosiniini, Globivenus, Humilaria, Iliochione, Irusella, Kuia, Leukoma, Marama, Melosia, Mercenaria, Paphonotia, Paraesa, Periglypta, Proxichione, Tapetini, Tawera, Turia, Venerini, Venus, Timoclea, Ameghinomya, Bassina, Nioche, Lirophora, Austrovenus, Placamen, Hinemoana
Subtaxa: Anomalocardia (Anomalocardia) Anomalocardia brasiliana Anomalocardia cuneimeris Anomalocardia hendriana Anomalocardia heothina Anomolocardia squamosa Chione (Anomalocardia) hannai Chione (Anomalocardia) kellettii Chione (Anomalocardia) latilaminosa
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (6 collections), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (1), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Panama (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (35: Florida, Louisiana, Virginia), Uruguay (3), Venezuela (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (2: Florida)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), Indonesia (4), Trinidad and Tobago (4), Venezuela (2)
• Miocene of Argentina (2), Cyprus (1), United States (4: California, Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (13: California, Florida)
• Oligocene of Panama (2)
Total: 87 collections including 92 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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