Venus patagonicad'Orbigny, 1842c, p. 160, Not figured [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: fond de la Bahia de la San-Blas, Patagonie Range: 40.5°S to 40.5°S; 60.5°W Maximum Reported Size: 54 mm Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires References: d'Orbigny (1842c) NSEWM Comments: d'Orbigny replaced this name with Venus tehuelcha thinking it preoccupied by a Lamarck name, but no such name has been found. d'Orbigny reported the species living and fossil at the type locality.
Venus tehuelchad'Orbigny, 1846, p. 556-557, [Philippi 1884, pl. 1, fig. 3] [Synonym] Type Locality: fond de la baie de San-Blas, Patagonie Range: 40.5°S to 52°S; 68°W to 62°W Maximum Reported Size: 55 mm Distribution: Brazil: unlocalized; Argentina: Buenos Aires; Straits of Magellan References: d'Orbigny (1846) M; Rochebrune & Mabille (1889) NSEW Comments: Unnecessary replacement name for Venus patagonica. Combining Genera: Cytherea
Partial List of References
d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Paléontologie Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 3 1-188, pls. 1-22. P. Bertrand: Paris. d'Orbigny, A. 1846. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 489-728 [and 729-758?]. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1846.]
