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Chione californiensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy

Venus californiensis was named by Broderip and Sowerby I (1835). It is extant.

It was recombined as Chione (Chione) californiensis by Parker (1949) and Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Chione californiensis by Emerson and Chace (1959), Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012) and Hendy (2021).

Subspecies

Chione (Chione) californiensis durhami, Chione (Chione) californiensis gealeyi, Chione (Chione) californiensis peabodyi

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. cordeliae, C. perbrevisformis, C. matulina, C. rhodia, C. thalassopora, C. vaca, C. taftoni, C. hendersoni, C. penthesileae, C. praepaphia, C. sellardsi, Venus pygmaea, Venus spurca, Venus taiwanensis, Venus yabei

Synonyms

Chione (Chione) allisoni was named by Hertlein and Grant (1972). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Chione (Chione) californiensis by Coan et al. (2000); it was synonymized subjectively with Chione californiensis by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).
Venus succincta was named by Valenciennes (1821). It is extant.

It was recombined as Venus (Chione) succincta by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Chione succincta by Beal (1948); it was replaced with Chione (Chione) californiensis by Coan et al. (2000).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1821	Venus succincta Valenciennes p. 219
1835	Venus californiensis Broderip and Sowerby I p. 43
1931	Venus (Chione) succincta Grant, IV and Gale
1948	Chione succincta Beal
1949	Chione (Chione) californiensis Parker p. 580 figs. Plate 89, figures 11, 14
1959	Chione californiensis Emerson and Chace
1972	Chione (Chione) allisoni Hertlein and Grant p. 273
2000	Chione (Chione) californiensis Coan et al. p. 369
2012	Chione californiensis Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 756
2021	Chione californiensis Hendy

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Veneroidei	(Gray 1854)
—	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Venerinae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Chione	von Mühlfield 1811
species	californiensis	(Broderip and Sowerby I 1835)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Chione californiensis Broderip and Sowerby I 1835

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Chione (Chione) californiensis durhami Parker 1949

†Chione (Chione) californiensis peabodyi Parker 1949

Invalid names: Chione (Chione) allisoni Hertlein and Grant 1972 [synonym], Chione succincta Valenciennes 1821 [replaced]

Chione (Chione) californiensis gealeyi Parker 1949

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-04 16:33:10

Modified:

2009-09-04 18:33:10

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (36 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Mexico (Baja California Sur)	Chione succincta (43681)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	USA (California)	Venus succincta (96885)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Mexico (Sonora)	Chione californiensis (96565)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	USA (California)	Venus succincta (96884)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.0117	USA (California)	Chione californiensis (222954) Chione succincta (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Mexico	Chione californiensis (147802 147803)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (California)	Chione californiensis (96589 96935 96936 96937 96939 160361 203417 219029 219030 223072) Venus succincta (59063 222659 222660 222662)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Mexico (Sonora)	Chione californiensis (34933 34934 34936 34937 34938 34939 44963 96556 96557 96558 96559 96561 96562 96563)