Chione

Belongs within: Venerinae.

Chione is a genus of venerid bivalves found in the Americas and the South Pacific, with the earliest records from the Oligocene. Representatives have a cordate shell, usually with a well-defined lunule and escutcheon and with strong, occasionally frilled concentric sculpture (Cox et al. 1969).

Chione Megerle 1811M27
    |--C. (Chione)M27
    |    |--*C. (C.) cancellataM27
    |    `--C. (C.) roborata (Hanley 1844) [=Venus roborata]B90
    |--C. (Austrovenus Finlay 1927)P61
    |    |--C. (*A.) stutchburyi (Gray 1828)P61 [=Venus stutchburyiP61, C. (Timoclea) stutchburyiM27]
    |    |--C. (A.) aucklandica Powell 1932P61
    |    `--C. (A.) crassitesta Finlay 1924M27
    |--C. (Chionopsis) purpurissata Dall 1902PP78
    `--C. (Hinemoana Marwick 1927)M27
         `--C. (*H.) acuminata Hutton 1873M27 [=Austrovenus acuminataM27, Cytherea (Callista) acuminataH86]

Chione incertae sedis:
  C. amathusiaC64
  C. californiensis Brod. 1835M27, C64 [=Venus californiensisC64]
  C. costellifera (Adams 1850) [=Venus costellifera]H09
  C. dyseraF66
  C. elevata (Say 1822)PMB15
  C. excavata Cpr. 1856C64
  C. fluctifragaM27 [=Venus fluctifragaC64; incl. C. callosaC64, V. cortezi Sloat msC64, V. gibbosulaC64]
  C. gayiM27
  C. gnidiaC64
  C. halli Pritchard 1895F27
  C. infans Smith 1885H09
  C. latilirataGS79
  C. lordiC64
  C. marica (Linnaeus 1758) [=Venus marica]H09
  C. martini Finlay 1927 [=Venus pulcherrima Martin 1883 non Deshayes 1860]F27
  C. mazyckiiPMB15
  C. neglecta [incl. C. undatella var. bilineata, C. undatella]C64
  C. nuttalliM27
  C. phoenicopterus (Romer 1869) [=Caryatis phoenicopterus]H09
  C. pulicaria [=Venus pulicaria; incl. C. pulicaria var. lilacina, V. pinacatensis Sloat ms]C64
  C. pygmaeaWE63
  C. recognita (Smith 1885) [=Venus recognita]H09
  C. regularis (Smith 1885) [=Cytherea regularis]H09
  C. roberti Pritchard 1906 [=C. halli Tate 1900 non Pritchard 1895]F27
  C. scabra (Hanley 1845) [=Venus scabra]H09
  C. semperi Dunker 1871H09
  C. similicentrifuga Viader 1951L96
  C. simillimaC64
  C. subnodulosa (Hanley 1845) [=Venus subnodulosa]H09
  C. succincta Valenciennes 1833 [=Venus succincta; incl. V. leucodon, V. nuttallii]C64
  C. sugillata [incl. C. crenifera]C64
  C. toreumaH08
  C. torresica Reeve 1863H09
  C. undulosa (Lamarck 1819) [=Venus undulosa]H09

Nomen nudum: Chione multitaeniata Tate 1893F27

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B90] Brazier, J. 1890. Mollusca trawled off Merimbula, New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 4 (3): 747–750.

[C64] Carpenter, P. P. 1864. Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the west coast of North America. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 33: 517–686.

[F27] Finlay, H. J. 1927. New specific names for austral Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 488–533.

[F66] Fraser, L. 1866. Communication of a list of mollusks collected by R. Swinhoe, Esq., in Formosa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 146.

[GS79] Gore, R. H., & L. E. Scotto. 1979. Crabs of the family Parthenopidae (Crustacea Brachyura: Oxyrhyncha) with notes on specimens from the Indian River region of Florida. Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises 3 (6): 1–98.

[H08] Hedley, C. 1908. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part X. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 456–489, pls 7–10.

[H09] Hedley, C. 1909. The Marine Fauna of Queensland: Address by the President of Section D. Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science: Brisbane.

[H86] Hutton, F. W. 1886. The Mollusca of the Pareora and Oamaru systems of New Zealand. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (1): 205–237.

[L96] Loch, I. 1996. Notice: R. Viader collection. Molluscan Research 17: 110.

[M27] Marwick, J. 1927. The Veneridae of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 567–636.

[PMB15] Petuch, E. J., R. F. Myers & D. P. Berschauer. 2015. The Living and Fossil Busycon Whelks: Iconic Mollusks of Eastern North America. San Diego Shell Club, Inc.

[PP78] Poorman, F. L., & L. H. Poorman. 1978. Additional molluscan records from Bahía de Los Angeles, Baja California Norte. Veliger 20 (4): 369–374.

[P61] Powell, A. W. B. 1961. Shells of New Zealand: An illustrated handbook 4^th ed. Whitcombe and Tombs Limited: Christchurch.

[WE63] Warmke, G. L., & D. S. Erdman. 1963. Records of marine mollusks eaten by bonefish in Puerto Rican waters. Nautilus 76 (4): 115–120.