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Venus munsterii A. d'Orbigny, 1839 †
1598445 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1598445)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Orbigny, A. d'. (1838-1844). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 3 (4). Paléontologie. 188 pp., 22 plates. [Géologie plates 10-11 [1838], 1-9 [1839], 12-13 [1841]; pp. 7-152 [1843]; pp. 1-6, 153-188 [1844]; Paléontologie plates 14-15, 18-21 [1843], 16-17, 22 [1844]. Paris: Bertrand; Strasbourg: Levrault. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45465590
page(s): pl. 7 figs 10-11 [1839]; 121-122 [1843] [details]
page(s): pl. 7 figs 10-11 [1839]; 121-122 [1843] [details]
Lectotype MNHN MNHN-A13719
Lectotype MNHN MNHN-A13719 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Venus munsterii A. d'Orbigny, 1839 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1598445 on 2025-09-11
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Orbigny, A. d'. (1838-1844). <i>Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833</i>. Tome 3 (4). Paléontologie. 188 pp., 22 plates. [Géologie plates 10-11 [1838], 1-9 [1839], 12-13 [1841]; pp. 7-152 [1843]; pp. 1-6, 153-188 [1844]; Paléontologie plates 14-15, 18-21 [1843], 16-17, 22 [1844]. Paris: Bertrand; Strasbourg: Levrault. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45465590
page(s): pl. 7 figs 10-11 [1839]; 121-122 [1843] [details]
basis of record 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). <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 6(3): 251-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477201907002374
page(s): 275, pl. 8, fig. 5-6 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Grzybowski, J. (1899). Die Tertiärablagerungen des nördlichen Peru und ihre Molluskenfauna. <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Beilage Band.</em> 12(3): 610-644, pls. 15-20.
page(s): 638 [details]
additional source Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 127, pl. 14, fig. 1 [details]
page(s): pl. 7 figs 10-11 [1839]; 121-122 [1843] [details]
basis of record 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). <em>Journal of Systematic Palaeontology.</em> 6(3): 251-316., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s1477201907002374
page(s): 275, pl. 8, fig. 5-6 [details] Available for editors

additional source Grzybowski, J. (1899). Die Tertiärablagerungen des nördlichen Peru und ihre Molluskenfauna. <em>Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Beilage Band.</em> 12(3): 610-644, pls. 15-20.
page(s): 638 [details]
additional source Philippi, R. A. (1887). Die Tertiären und Quartären Versteinerungen Chiles. iv + 266 pp + 58 pls.. Lepizig: Brockhaus [German language edition]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14943546
page(s): 127, pl. 14, fig. 1 [details]