Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Belongs to Chione (Lirophora) according to E. M. Spieker 1922

Sister taxa: Chione (Lirophora) agraria, Lirophora (Lirophora), Lirophora (Panchione), Lirophora dalli, Lirophora holocyma, Lirophora hotelensis, Lirophora mariae, Lirophora parkeria, Lirophora vredenburgi

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder