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Species Venus subalbicans Hupé 1854


Discussion / Comments:
Griffin & Nielsen (2008):
TYPE MATERIAL. There are two syntypes in the Typothèque of the Laboratoire de Géologie under number MNHN-Gg2002/58, plus a few unidentifiable fragments. REMARKS. Philippi (1887, p. 122) had doubts whether this species came from Cretaceous or from Tertiary rocks, but it definitely comes from the Pliocene Tubul Formation in Península Arauco, where it is a very common species (own unpublished data). The shell interior of the syntypes is not available, and they are not very well preserved. However, there can be no doubt that this species is a synonym of Venus aerea Hupé (1854, p. 338-339), which is cited as coming from Quiriquina and Concepción but listed in Catalogue 8P as coming from the same locality (“76 – Arauco”) as Venus subalbicans. Both species were synonymised by Nielsen & Valdovinos (submitted) with Retrotapes exalbidus (Dillwyn, 1817). See also the comments under aerea Hupé, 1854 [Venus] herein.
Synonym list:
Griffin & Nielsen (2008):
1854 Venus aerea Hupé. - Hupé : 338-339
1854 Venus subalbicans Hupé. - Hupé : p.339
1887 Venus subalbicans Hupé. - Philippi : p.122
1887 Venus aerea Hupé. - Philippi : 111-112
2008 Retrotapes exalbidus Dillwyn. - Griffin & Nielsen : pl. 16; fig. 1-3
Was used in synonym list of:
Venus aerea Hupé 1854
References:

Hupé,H.. (1854):
Malacología y conquiliología..
In: Historia física y política de Chile Vol. 8 Eds: Gay, C.. p. 449

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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