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Venus chilensis d'Orbigny 1842 from: 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) . Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
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Species Venus chilensis d'Orbigny 1842


Discussion / Comments:
Griffin & Nielsen (2008):
TYPE MATERIAL. According to Catalogue 3L in the MNHN (Paléontologie), the only specimen of this species would be under number 10892, and this should be the holotype. However, it is missing in the collection and the illustration does not allow identification REMARKS. Only the holotype, an internal mould, is known of this species. The material has not been located in the collections of the MNHN and is presumably lost. The illustrations of this specimen (as Lucina chilensis d’Orbigny, 1842, pl. 13, figs 12-13) show no characters that would permit identification. Because of the narrow and pointed pallial sinus, Philippi (1887, p. 108) placed it in Artemis (pro Arthemis Poli, 1795 [type species Venus exoleta Linnaeus, 1758]), an objective synonym of Dosinia (Pectunculus) da Costa, 1778. Any such generic re-allocations are quite impossible – as is even specific identification with any previously described species from Chile – based on the illustrated steinkern. This species therefore remains a nomen dubium.
Synonym list:
Griffin & Nielsen (2008):
1842 Venus chilensis d'Orbigny. - d'Orbigny : p.124 pl. 13; fig. 12, 13 (as Lucina) (junior primary homonym of V. chilensis Sowerby, 1835)
1852 Venus nom. nov subchilensis d'Orbigny. - d'Orbigny : p.109
1887 Artemis chilensis d'Orbigny. - Philippi : p.108 pl. 13; fig. 20 (Venus)
2008 "Venus" subchilensis d'Orbigny. - Griffin & Nielsen : pl. 3; fig. 5-6
References:

d'Orbigny,A. (1842):
Voyage dans l'Amerique méridionale.
In: Paléontologie Vol. 3(4) p. 187

d'Orbigny,A. (1852):
Prodrome de Paléontologie. Stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques & rayonnés faisant suitre au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphique. Vol. 3 p. 189

Philippi,R.A.. (1887):
Die tertiären und quartären Versteinerungen Chiles.. p. 266

Griffin,M.. and 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) . Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
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