Marine Species Traits - Retrotapes exalbidus (Dillwyn, 1817)

WoRMS taxon details

Retrotapes exalbidus (Dillwyn, 1817)

To MNHN Fossil collection (Venus aerea HUPÉ, 1854; Syntype; F.A26557)

AphiaID

533373 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:533373)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Retrotapes del Rio, 1997

Original name

Venus exalbida Dillwyn, 1817

Synonymised names

Eurhomalea araucana (R. A. Philippi, 1887) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Eurhomalea coquimbana (R. A. Philippi, 1887) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Eurhomalea exalbida (Dillwyn, 1817) · unaccepted > superseded combination

Eurhomalea hanetiana (A. d'Orbigny, 1843) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Retrotapes hanetianus (A. d'Orbigny, 1843) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Venus aerea Hupé, 1854 · unaccepted

Venus araucana R. A. Philippi, 1887 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Venus coquimbana R. A. Philippi, 1887 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Venus exalbida Chemnitz, 1795 · unaccepted (unavailable name, published in a...)

unavailable name, published in a work rejected y ICZN Direction 1; available from Dillwyn, 1817

Venus exalbida Dillwyn, 1817 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Venus hanetiana A. d'Orbigny, 1841 † · unaccepted (probable synonym)

Venus incerta A. d'Orbigny, 1841 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (probable synonym)

Venus subalbicans Hupé, 1854 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

(of Venus exalbida Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 170; note: based on Chemnitz (1795), vol. 11, p. 225-226, pl. 202 fig.1974 [cited in error as p. 227. pl. 202 fig.1977 but the correct entry can be ascertained from name and text] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Retrotapes exalbidus (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533373 on 2025-05-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-10-15 08:28:27Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-10-15 08:54:50Z

checked

Rosenberg, Gary

2013-09-05 08:18:39Z

changed

Sartori, André F.

2022-08-23 13:57:54Z

changed

Nielsen, Sven

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description (of Venus aerea Hupé, 1854) Hupé L.H. (1854). Fauna Chilena. Moluscos, pp. 1-407, In: Gay, C. (1854). Historia física y política de Chile según documentos adquiridos en esta Republica durante doce años de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del Supremo Gobierno. Zoología, Tomo 8. Paris, published by the author, and Santiago de Chile, Museo de Historia Natural de Santiago. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16153144
page(s): 338 [details]

original description (of Venus exalbida Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 170; note: based on Chemnitz (1795), vol. 11, p. 225-226, pl. 202 fig.1974 [cited in error as p. 227. pl. 202 fig.1977 but the correct entry can be ascertained from name and text] [details]

original description (of Venus exalbida Chemnitz, 1795) Chemnitz, J. H. (1780-1795). Neues systematisches Conchylien Cabinet. Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe, Nürnberg. Vol. 4 [1780]: [xxvii] + 344 pp. + 1 (errata), pl. 122-159; vol. 5 [1781]: [xxiv] + 324 p., pl. 160-193; vol. 6 [1782]: [xii] + 375 pp., pl. 1–36; vol. 7 [1784], [xii] + 356 pp., pl.. 37–69; vol. 8 [1785], xvi + 372 pp., pl. 70–102; vol. 9(1) [1786], xii + 151 pp., pl. 103–116; vol. 9(2) [1786], [xxvi] + 194 pp., pl. 117–136; vol. 10 [1788], [xx] + 376 pp., pl. 137–173; vol. 11 [1795], [xx] + 310 pp., pl. 174–213 [Work placed on the Official Index by ICZN Direction 1 (1954)] [volumes 1-3 are by F.H.W. Martini]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/43760 [details]

original description (of Venus subalbicans Hupé, 1854) Hupé L.H. (1854). Fauna Chilena. Moluscos, pp. 1-407, In: Gay, C. (1854). Historia física y política de Chile según documentos adquiridos en esta Republica durante doce años de residencia en ella y publicada bajo los auspicios del Supremo Gobierno. Zoología, Tomo 8. Paris, published by the author, and Santiago de Chile, Museo de Historia Natural de Santiago. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16153144
page(s): 339 [details]

original description (of Venus hanetiana A. d'Orbigny, 1841 †) Orbigny, A. d'. (1838-1844). 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. 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. 13 figs 3-6 [1841]; 123 [1843] [details]

original description (of Venus araucana R. A. Philippi, 1887 †) 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): 123/117, pl. 17, fig. 6 [details]

original description (of Venus coquimbana R. A. Philippi, 1887 †) 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): 125, pl. 19, fig. 2 [details]

original description (of Venus incerta A. d'Orbigny, 1841 †) Orbigny, A. d'. (1838-1844). 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. 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. 13 fig. 5 [1841]; 123 [1843], in synonymy with Venus hanetiana [details]

basis of record Alvarez, M. J. (2019). Phylogenetic analysis of the genus Retrotapes del Río, 1997 (Bivalvia, Veneridae) and systematic analysis of its taxa from Chile. Journal of Paleontology. 93(4): 685-701., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2018.110
page(s): 695, fig. 8.1-8.5 [details] Available for editors

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new combination reference del Rio, C. J. (1997). Cenozoic biogeographic history of the eurythermal genus Retrotapes, new genus (Subfamily Tapetinae) from southern South America and Antarctica. The Nautilus. 110 (3): 77-93., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274411
page(s): 80, fig. 22-24 [details]

Syntype (of Venus subalbicans Hupé, 1854) MNHN MNHNGg2002/ 58 [details]

Syntype (of Venus aerea Hupé, 1854) MNHN MNHN-Gg2002/57 [details]

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