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Chionopsis petitiana (A. d'Orbigny, 1841) †
1598465 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1598465)
accepted
Species
Venus crassula R. A. Philippi, 1887 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus petitiana A. d'Orbigny, 1841 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Venus pinguis R. A. Philippi, 1887 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus pulvinata Hupé, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus remondi R. A. Philippi, 1887 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus serva R. A. Philippi, 1887 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus spreta R. A. Philippi, 1887 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Venus petitiana A. d'Orbigny, 1841 †) Orbigny, A. d'. (1838-1844). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 3 (4). Paléontologie. 188 pp., 22 plates. [Géologie plates 10-11 [1838], 1-9 [1839], 12-13 [1841]; pp. 7-152 [1843]; pp. 1-6, 153-188 [1844]; Paléontologie plates 14-15, 18-21 [1843], 16-17, 22 [1844]. Paris: Bertrand; Strasbourg: Levrault. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45465590
page(s): pl. 13 figs 9-11 [1841]; 123-124 [1843] [details]
page(s): pl. 13 figs 9-11 [1841]; 123-124 [1843] [details]
Neotype (of Venus petitiana A. d'Orbigny, 1841) BSPG...
Neotype (of Venus petitiana A. d'Orbigny, 1841) BSPG BSP 1966 IV 49 [details]
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original description
(of Venus petitiana A. d'Orbigny, 1841 †) Orbigny, A. d'. (1838-1844). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 3 (4). Paléontologie. 188 pp., 22 plates. [Géologie plates 10-11 [1838], 1-9 [1839], 12-13 [1841]; pp. 7-152 [1843]; pp. 1-6, 153-188 [1844]; Paléontologie plates 14-15, 18-21 [1843], 16-17, 22 [1844]. Paris: Bertrand; Strasbourg: Levrault. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45465590
page(s): pl. 13 figs 9-11 [1841]; 123-124 [1843] [details]
original description (of Venus crassula R. A. Philippi, 1887 †) Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 122, pl. 15, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Venus remondi R. A. Philippi, 1887 †) Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 124, pl. 15, fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Venus pinguis R. A. Philippi, 1887 †) Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 131, pl. 16, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Venus spreta R. A. Philippi, 1887 †) Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 133, pl. 16, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Venus serva R. A. Philippi, 1887 †) Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 133, pl. 16, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Venus pulvinata Hupé, 1854) Hupé L.H. (1854). Fauna Chilena. Moluscos, pp. 1-407, <i>In:</i> Gay, C. (1854). Historia física y política de Chile según documentos adquiridos en esta Republica durante doce años de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del Supremo Gobierno. Zoología, Tomo 8. Paris, published by the author, and Santiago de Chile, Museo de Historia Natural de Santiago. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16153144
page(s): 343 [details]
additional source Griffin, M.; Nielsen, S. N. (2008). A revision of the type specimens of Tertiary molluscs from Chile and Argentina described by d'Orbigny (1842), Sowerby (1846) and Hupé (1854). <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 6(3): 251-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477201907002374
page(s): 281, pl. 14, fig. 1-2, 5-7 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Herm, D. (1969). Marines Pliozän und Pleistozän in Nord- und Mittel-Chile unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Entwicklung der Mollusken- Faunen. <em>Zitteliana.</em> 2: 1-159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28274642
page(s): 121–122, pl. 10, fig. 5–10 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): pl. 13 figs 9-11 [1841]; 123-124 [1843] [details]
original description (of Venus crassula R. A. Philippi, 1887 †) Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 122, pl. 15, fig. 3 [details]
original description (of Venus remondi R. A. Philippi, 1887 †) Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 124, pl. 15, fig. 9 [details]
original description (of Venus pinguis R. A. Philippi, 1887 †) Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 131, pl. 16, fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Venus spreta R. A. Philippi, 1887 †) Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 133, pl. 16, fig. 6 [details]
original description (of Venus serva R. A. Philippi, 1887 †) Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 133, pl. 16, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Venus pulvinata Hupé, 1854) Hupé L.H. (1854). Fauna Chilena. Moluscos, pp. 1-407, <i>In:</i> Gay, C. (1854). Historia física y política de Chile según documentos adquiridos en esta Republica durante doce años de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del Supremo Gobierno. Zoología, Tomo 8. Paris, published by the author, and Santiago de Chile, Museo de Historia Natural de Santiago. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16153144
page(s): 343 [details]
additional source Griffin, M.; Nielsen, S. N. (2008). A revision of the type specimens of Tertiary molluscs from Chile and Argentina described by d'Orbigny (1842), Sowerby (1846) and Hupé (1854). <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 6(3): 251-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477201907002374
page(s): 281, pl. 14, fig. 1-2, 5-7 [details] Available for editors
[request]new combination reference Herm, D. (1969). Marines Pliozän und Pleistozän in Nord- und Mittel-Chile unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Entwicklung der Mollusken- Faunen. <em>Zitteliana.</em> 2: 1-159., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28274642
page(s): 121–122, pl. 10, fig. 5–10 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Neotype (of Venus petitiana A. d'Orbigny, 1841) BSPG BSP 1966 IV 49 [details]
Syntype (of Venus pulvinata Hupé, 1854) MNHN MNHNGg2002/ 100 [details]
