MolluscaBase taxon details
Tawera elliptica (Lamarck, 1818)
507917 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507917)
accepted
Species
Chamelea gayi (Hupé, 1854) · unaccepted
Chione (Nioche) keenae T. Soot-Ryen, 1958 · alternative representation
Chione fuegiensis E. A. Smith, 1905 · unaccepted
Chione keenae T. Soot-Ryen, 1958 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Chione obovalis Deshayes, 1853 · unaccepted
Clausinella gayi (Hupé, 1854) · unaccepted
Tawera gayi (Hupé, 1854) · unaccepted
Venus elliptica Lamarck, 1818 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Venus gayi Hupé, 1854 · unaccepted
Venus spurca G. B. Sowerby I, 1835 · unaccepted
marine
(of Venus elliptica Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 590 [details]
page(s): 590 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tawera elliptica (Lamarck, 1818). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507917 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Venus elliptica Lamarck, 1818) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 590 [details]
original description (of Venus gayi 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): 337, pl. 6 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Venus spurca G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1835). Characters of and observations on new genera and species of Mollusca and Conchifera collected by Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 3(25): 4-7; 3(26): 21-23; 3(27): 41-43; 46-47; 3(28): 49-51; 3(30): 84-85; 3(30): 93-96; 3(31): 109-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859766
page(s): 23 [details]
original description (of Chione obovalis Deshayes, 1853) Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Chione fuegiensis E. A. Smith, 1905) Smith, E. A. (1905). On a small collection of Mollusca from Tierra del Fuego. <em>Proceeding of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 6: 333-339., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176476
page(s): 336-337, text fig. 5. [details]
original description (of Chione (Nioche) keenae T. Soot-Ryen, 1958) Soot-Ryen, T. (1957). Preliminary diagnoses of new genera and species of pelecypods from Chile. <em>Astarte.</em> 16: 1-15. [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]
page(s): 590 [details]
original description (of Venus gayi 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): 337, pl. 6 fig. 5 [details]
original description (of Venus spurca G. B. Sowerby I, 1835) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1835). Characters of and observations on new genera and species of Mollusca and Conchifera collected by Mr. Cuming. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 3(25): 4-7; 3(26): 21-23; 3(27): 41-43; 46-47; 3(28): 49-51; 3(30): 84-85; 3(30): 93-96; 3(31): 109-110., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859766
page(s): 23 [details]
original description (of Chione obovalis Deshayes, 1853) Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 154 [details]
original description (of Chione fuegiensis E. A. Smith, 1905) Smith, E. A. (1905). On a small collection of Mollusca from Tierra del Fuego. <em>Proceeding of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 6: 333-339., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15176476
page(s): 336-337, text fig. 5. [details]
original description (of Chione (Nioche) keenae T. Soot-Ryen, 1958) Soot-Ryen, T. (1957). Preliminary diagnoses of new genera and species of pelecypods from Chile. <em>Astarte.</em> 16: 1-15. [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Conchology (Tawera elliptica)
To Malacopics (Tawera elliptica (Lamarck, 1818) Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia, Punta Jones, low tide, muddy sand, collected February 1982, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tawera gayi, dorsal view 381680) (from synonym Tawera gayi (Hupé, 1854))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tawera gayi, ventral view 381680) (from synonym Tawera gayi (Hupé, 1854))
To Malacopics (Tawera elliptica (Lamarck, 1818) Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia, Punta Jones, low tide, muddy sand, collected February 1982, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tawera gayi, dorsal view 381680) (from synonym Tawera gayi (Hupé, 1854))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tawera gayi, ventral view 381680) (from synonym Tawera gayi (Hupé, 1854))
