WoRMS taxon details
Chionista fluctifraga (G. B. Sowerby II, 1853)
507511 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507511)
accepted
Species
Chione fluctifraga (G. B. Sowerby II, 1853) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Chione gibbosula (Deshayes, 1853) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Dione gibbosula Deshayes, 1853 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus cortezi P. P. Carpenter, 1864 · unaccepted > unavailable name (published in synonymy of Venus...)
published in synonymy of Venus gibbosula (Deshayes, 1853)
Venus fluctifraga G. B. Sowerby II, 1853 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
recent + fossil
(of Venus fluctifraga G. B. Sowerby II, 1853) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1853). Monograph of the genus <i>Venus</i>. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells.</i> Vol. 2 (14): 703-739, pl. 152-162. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075899
page(s): 712, pl. 154 fig. 42, 43 [details]
page(s): 712, pl. 154 fig. 42, 43 [details]
Taxonomic remark The valid name depends which name was published earlier, Dione gibbosula Deshayes, 1853 [27 June 1853], or Venus...
Taxonomic remark The valid name depends which name was published earlier, Dione gibbosula Deshayes, 1853 [27 June 1853], or Venus fluctifraga G. B. Sowerby II, 1853 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chionista fluctifraga (G. B. Sowerby II, 1853). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507511 on 2025-10-10
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Venus cortezi P. P. Carpenter, 1864) Carpenter, P. P. (1864). Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the West Coast of North America. <em>Reports of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> (1863) 33: 517-686., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29370651
page(s): 570 [details]
original description (of Venus fluctifraga G. B. Sowerby II, 1853) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1853). Monograph of the genus <i>Venus</i>. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells.</i> Vol. 2 (14): 703-739, pl. 152-162. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075899
page(s): 712, pl. 154 fig. 42, 43 [details]
original description (of Dione gibbosula Deshayes, 1853) Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 71 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 570 [details]
original description (of Venus fluctifraga G. B. Sowerby II, 1853) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1853). Monograph of the genus <i>Venus</i>. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells.</i> Vol. 2 (14): 703-739, pl. 152-162. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075899
page(s): 712, pl. 154 fig. 42, 43 [details]
original description (of Dione gibbosula Deshayes, 1853) Deshayes, G. P. (1853-1855). <i>Catalogue of the Conchifera or bivalve shells in the collection of the British Museum</i>. British Museum, London, Part I. Cyprinidae, Veneridae and Glauconomidae, pp. ii + 216 pp. [introduction by J. E. Gray] [27 June 1853]; Part II, Petricoladae (concluded), Corbiculadae, pp. 217-292 [title page dated "1854"; 12 May 1855]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/60978
page(s): 71 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
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): 762, pl. 234 [details]
page(s): 762, pl. 234 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark The valid name depends which name was published earlier, Dione gibbosula Deshayes, 1853 [27 June 1853], or Venus fluctifraga G. B. Sowerby II, 1853 [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chionista fluctifraga)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Venus fluctifraga G. B. Sowerby II, 1853)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Chionista fluctifraga (G. B. Sowerby II, 1853) Mexico, Baja California Sur, El Golfo Santa Clara, low tide on mud flats, collected 1980, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Malacopics (Chionista fluctifraga (G. B. Sowerby II, 1853) Mexico, Sonora, Guaymas, by fishing, collected 1978, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Venus fluctifraga G. B. Sowerby II, 1853)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chionista fluctifraga)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 1 proteins) (from synonym Venus fluctifraga G. B. Sowerby II, 1853)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Chionista fluctifraga (G. B. Sowerby II, 1853) Mexico, Baja California Sur, El Golfo Santa Clara, low tide on mud flats, collected 1980, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To Malacopics (Chionista fluctifraga (G. B. Sowerby II, 1853) Mexico, Sonora, Guaymas, by fishing, collected 1978, ex coll. W.J.H. Onverwagt)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Venus fluctifraga G. B. Sowerby II, 1853)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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