†Chione (Chamelea) catunna Mansfield 1940 (venus clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: W. C. Mansfield. 1940. Mollusks of the Chickasawhay Marl. Journal of Paleontology 14(3):171-226
Belongs to Chione (Chamelea) according to W. C. Mansfield 1940
Sister taxa: Chamelea gallina, Chione (Chamelea) spada
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bucatunna Creek, Rocky Branch, which is in a Chattian marine marl in the Chickasawhay Formation of Mississippi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bucatunna Creek, Rocky Branch
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