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Chionopsis amathusia (R. A. Philippi, 1844)
507514 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507514)
accepted
Species
Chione jamaniana Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941 · unaccepted
Venus amathusia R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Venus darwinii Römer, 1857 · unaccepted
marine
(of Venus amathusia R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): Vol. 1, 129, pl. Venus 2, fig. 4 [details]
page(s): Vol. 1, 129, pl. Venus 2, fig. 4 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chionopsis amathusia (R. A. Philippi, 1844). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507514 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Venus amathusia R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): Vol. 1, 129, pl. Venus 2, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Venus darwinii Römer, 1857) Römer E. (1857). Kritische Untersuchung der Arten des Mollusken-Geschlechts <i>Venus</i> bei Linné und Gmelin, mit Berücksichtigung der später beschriebenen Arten. Marburg. xiii + 135 p. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44076
page(s): 25. [details]
original description (of Chione jamaniana Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941) Pilsbry, H. A. & Olsson, A. A. (1941). A Pliocene fauna from western Ecuador. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.</em> 93: 1–79, 19 pls.
page(s): 63, pl. 17 figs 1-2. [details] Available for editors
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context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
page(s): Vol. 1, 129, pl. Venus 2, fig. 4 [details]
original description (of Venus darwinii Römer, 1857) Römer E. (1857). Kritische Untersuchung der Arten des Mollusken-Geschlechts <i>Venus</i> bei Linné und Gmelin, mit Berücksichtigung der später beschriebenen Arten. Marburg. xiii + 135 p. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44076
page(s): 25. [details]
original description (of Chione jamaniana Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941) Pilsbry, H. A. & Olsson, A. A. (1941). A Pliocene fauna from western Ecuador. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.</em> 93: 1–79, 19 pls.
page(s): 63, pl. 17 figs 1-2. [details] Available for editors

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]




To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Chione jamaniana Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941)
To Conchology (Chionopsis amathusia)
To Malacopics (Chionopsis amathusia (R. A. Philippi, 1844) Mexico, Nayarit, Playa Novillero, washed ashore, collected 1988, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Malacopics (Chionopsis amathusia (R. A. Philippi, 1844) Panama, W of Golfo de Panama, by trawling, at 18-30 m depth, collected 1978, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Conchology (Chionopsis amathusia)
To Malacopics (Chionopsis amathusia (R. A. Philippi, 1844) Mexico, Nayarit, Playa Novillero, washed ashore, collected 1988, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Malacopics (Chionopsis amathusia (R. A. Philippi, 1844) Panama, W of Golfo de Panama, by trawling, at 18-30 m depth, collected 1978, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)