Dosinia chipolana Dall 1903 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Dosinia (Dosinidia) chipolana

Belongs to Dosinia according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Gardner 1947

Sister taxa: Dosinia (Asa), Dosinia (Austrodosinia), Dosinia (Dosinella), Dosinia (Dosinia), Dosinia (Dosinobia), Dosinia (Dosinorbis), Dosinia (Kakahuia), Dosinia (Kaneharaia), Dosinia (Kereia), Dosinia (Phacosoma), Dosinia (Raina), Dosinia acetabulum, Dosinia africana, Dosinia alta, Dosinia burckhardti, Dosinia caerulea, Dosinia castigata, Dosinia coloradoensis, Dosinia conradi, Dosinia discus, Dosinia dunkeri, Dosinia excisa, Dosinia exoleta, Dosinia falconensis, Dosinia histrio, Dosinia imparistriata, Dosinia jacalitosana, Dosinia kaspiewi, Dosinia lawsoni, Dosinia lechuzaensis, Dosinia longula, Dosinia lupina, Dosinia mastrichtiensis, Dosinia mercenaroidea, Dosinia meridonalis, Dosinia morani, Dosinia nomurai, Dosinia orbicularis, Dosinia pertenuis, Dosinia ponderosa, Dosinia protojuvenilis, Dosinia pseudoargus, Dosinia santana, Dosinia scalaris, Dosinia sculpta, Dosinia semiobliterata, Dosinia tugaruana, Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans, Dosinidia palmerae, Dosinia (Dosinidia) dalli, Dosinia (Dosinidia) margaritana, Artemis lenticularis, Dosinia (Artemis) tenuis, Artemis lentiformis, Artemis lincta, Artemis orbignyi

Type specimen: USNM 114576, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (11: Florida, South Carolina collections)

• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: Florida)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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