WoRMS name details
Venus (Chione) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
1391982 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1391982)
unaccepted
Subgenus
Venus dysera Linnaeus, 1758, sensu Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Chione cancellata (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Venus (Chione) congoensis Thiele, 1931 accepted as Timoclea congoensis (Thiele, 1931)
- Species Venus (Chione) effeminata Stearns, 1890 accepted as Chioneryx cardioides (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Venus (Chione) excavata P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Chione undatella (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
- Species Venus (Chione) infans E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Timoclea infans (E. A. Smith, 1885) (basionym)
- Species Venus (Chione) jacksonii E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Bassina jacksonii (E. A. Smith, 1885) (basionym)
- Species Venus (Chione) keppeliana G. B. Sowerby III, 1905 accepted as Leukoma metodon (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
- Species Venus (Chione) levukensis E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Timoclea levukensis (E. A. Smith, 1885) (basionym)
- Species Venus (Chione) lionota E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Timoclea lionota (E. A. Smith, 1885) (basionym)
- Species Venus (Chione) macleayana Tenison Woods, 1879 accepted as Austrovenus stutchburyi (W. Wood, 1828) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Venus (Chione) mindanensis E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Timoclea mindanensis (E. A. Smith, 1885) (basionym)
- Species Venus (Chione) recognita E. A. Smith, 1885 accepted as Chione recognita (E. A. Smith, 1886) accepted as Timoclea subnodulosa (Hanley, 1845) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Chione Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 51 [details]
page(s): 51 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Venus (Chione) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1391982 on 2025-05-01
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(of Chione Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811) Megerle von Mühlfeld, J. C. (1811). Entwurf eines neuen Systems der Schaltiergehäuse. <em>Magazin für die neuesten Entdecklungen in der gesammten Naturkunde von der Gesellschaft Naturforschaft Freunde zu Berlin.</em> 5(1): 38-72, pl. 3., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=JicVAAAAYAAJ
page(s): 51 [details]
page(s): 51 [details]
