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Chione (Nioche) keenae T. Soot-Ryen, 1958
1822596 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1822596)
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Chione (Nioche) Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948 accepted as Nioche Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948 accepted as Leukoma Römer, 1857
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Soot-Ryen, T. (1957). Preliminary diagnoses of new genera and species of pelecypods from Chile. <em>Astarte.</em> 16: 1-15. [details]
Type locality contained in Chile
, Note Bajo Vettor Pisani, Golfo Corcovado, on...
type locality contained in Chile (origin: native) [details]
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Type locality Bajo Vettor Pisani, Golfo Corcovado, on coarse, clean sand, 8 meters [details]
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Angeline Myra Keen (1905-1986).
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Angeline Myra Keen (1905-1986). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chione (Nioche) keenae T. Soot-Ryen, 1958. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1822596 on 2025-09-11
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Soot-Ryen, T. (1957). Preliminary diagnoses of new genera and species of pelecypods from Chile. <em>Astarte.</em> 16: 1-15. [details]
additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 47, pl. S107 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 47, pl. S107 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
