MolluscaBase - Donax (Chion) obesus A. d'Orbigny, 1846

MolluscaBase name details

Donax (Chion) obesus A. d'Orbigny, 1846

AphiaID

689245 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:689245)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Donax obesus A. d'Orbigny, 1846

Rank

Species

Parent

Donax (Chion) Scopoli, 1777 represented as Donax Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Donax obesa A. d'Orbigny, 1846

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Donax obesa A. d'Orbigny, 1846) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <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 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): 541, 708 [1846]; pl. 81 figs 28-30 [1847] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Donax (Chion) obesus A. d'Orbigny, 1846. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=689245 on 2025-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-09-09 03:33:00Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-11-22 01:16:20Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

2024-07-28 19:29:46Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Sources (2)

original description (of Donax obesa A. d'Orbigny, 1846) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). <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 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): 541, 708 [1846]; pl. 81 figs 28-30 [1847] [details]

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
page(s): 670, pl. 205 [details]