Range: 34°S to 54°S; 0°W to 49°W Depth: 5 to 50 m Maximum Reported Size: 93 mm
Synonymy
Venus grata auct. non Say, 1831 Venus antiqua King & Broderip, 1832 Protothaca antiqua (King & Broderip, 1832) Venus costellata Sowerby I, 1835 Venus discrepans Sowerby I, 1835 Venus mactracea Broderip, 1835 Venus alvarezii d'Orbigny, 1842 Venus agrestris Philippi, 1845 Venus cineracea Hupe, 1854 Venus darwini Philippi, 1887 Chione casa Ihering, 1907 Chione pampeana Ihering, 1907 Chione vindex Ihering, 1907
Details
Venus antiquaKing & Broderip, 1832, p. 336, Not figured [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: 'ad littora occidentalia Patagoniae (Gulf of Peñas and its vicinity.)' Range: 34°S to 54°S; 49°W Depth: 5 to 50 m Maximum Reported Size: 93 mm Distribution: Argentina: Chubut Combining Genera: Protothaca
Venus agrestisPhilippi, 1845a, p. 54 [Synonym] Type Locality: Fretum Magellanicum Maximum Reported Size: 24 mm Distribution: Straits of Magellan References: Philippi (1845a) M; Bernard (1983) s
Venus alvareziid'Orbigny, 1842d, p. 557 [1846], pl. 83, figs. 3-4 [1842] [Synonym] Type Locality: au sud du Rio Negro, en Patagonie, dans la baie dite Ensenada de Ros Maximum Reported Size: 77 mm Distribution: Argentina: Rio Negro References: d'Orbigny (1846) M; Bernard (1983) s Comments: d'Orbigny (1846) erroneously cited figs. 1-2 instead of 3-4.
Chione casaIhering, 1907, p. 308-309, pl. 12, fig. 78 [Synonym] Type Locality: Golfe de San Jorge, Punta Casamayor, formation patagonienne inférieure Maximum Reported Size: 55 mm References: Ihering (1907) M; Parodiz (1996) s Comments: Described as a fossil; Lower Miocene according to Parodiz (1996).
Venus cineracea Hupe, 1854, [Synonym] References: Bernard (1983) s
Venus costellata Sowerby I, 1835, [Synonym] Attributed to: Reeve (1863) References: Bernard (1983) s
Venus darwini Philippi, 1887, [Synonym] References: Bernard (1983) s Comments: Non Dunker in Romer, 1857.
Venus discrepans Sowerby I, 1835, [Synonym] References: Bernard (1983) s
Venus grata auct. non Say, 1831, [Not available] References: Bernard (1983) s Comments: Misidentification.
Venus mactracea Broderip, 1835, [Synonym] References: Bernard (1983) s
Chione pampeanaIhering, 1907, p. 454-455, pl. 18, figs. 125a-b [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: San Julián [Santa Cruz Province, Argentina], dans des dépôts pampiens supérieurs References: Castellanos (1970) s (of Clausinella gayi); Parodiz (1996) s Comments: Described as a fossil; Pleistocene according to Parodiz (1996).
Chione vindexIhering, 1907, p. 416, pl. 16, figs. 111a-b [Synonym] Type Locality: Sierra Laziar [Santa Cruz Province, Argentina] Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm References: Ihering (1907) M; Parodiz (1996) s Comments: Described as a fossil; Lower Pliocene according to Parodiz (1996).
Partial List of References
d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 pls. 83-85. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1842.] Ihering, H. von. 1907. Les Mollusques fossiles du Tertiare et du Crétacé Supérieur de l'Argentine Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires (3)7 xiii + 611 pp., 18 pls. King, P. P. and W. J. Broderip. 1832. Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America Zoological Journal 5 332-349. Philippi, [R.] A. 1845. Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11 50-71.
