Marine Species Traits - Retrotapes fuenzalidae (R. A. Philippi, 1887) †

Traits taxon details

Retrotapes fuenzalidae (R. A. Philippi, 1887) †

AphiaID

1598296 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1598296)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Retrotapes del Rio, 1997

Original name

Venus fuenzalidae R. A. Philippi, 1887 †

Synonymised names

Venus fuenzalidae R. A. Philippi, 1887 † · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

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

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

(of Venus fuenzalidae 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. 3 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Retrotapes fuenzalidae (R. A. Philippi, 1887) †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1598296 on 2026-08-25

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Retrotapes fuenzalidae (R. A. Philippi, 1887) †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1598296 on 2026-08-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2022-08-23 13:57:54Z

created

Nielsen, Sven

2023-02-28 12:49:09Z

changed

Neubauer, Thomas A.

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Sources (3)
Attributes (4)

original description (of Venus fuenzalidae 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. 3 [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): 693, fig. 7.12-7.14 [details] Available for editors

new combination reference Nielsen, S. N. (2013). A new Pliocene mollusk fauna from Mejillones, northern Chile. Paläontologische Zeitschrift Springer. 87: 33-66., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-012-0146-0
page(s): 52, fig. 9a-h [details] Available for editors

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