WoRMS taxon details
Ameghinomya meridionalis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846)
1442592 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1442592)
accepted
Species
Venus meridionalis G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 † · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Venus meridionalis G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 250, pl. 2, fig. 13 [details]
page(s): 250, pl. 2, fig. 13 [details]
Lectotype (of Venus meridionalis G. B. Sowerby I, 1846)...
Lectotype (of Venus meridionalis G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) NHMUK NHML27980 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ameghinomya meridionalis (G. B. Sowerby I, 1846). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1442592 on 2025-04-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Venus meridionalis G. B. Sowerby I, 1846 †) Sowerby, G. B. I. (1846). Appendix to part II. Descriptions of Tertiary fossil shells from South America. In: Darwin, C. Geological Observations on South America. Being the third part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836. Smith, Elder & Co., London. pp 249-264, pls 2-5. , available online at http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F273&viewtype=text&pageseq=1
page(s): 250, pl. 2, fig. 13 [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): 272 [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference del Río, C. J. (1994). Middle Miocene bivalves of the Puerto Madryn Formation, Valdes Peninsule, Chubut Province, Argentina (Lucinidae - Pholadidae). <em>Palaeontographica A.</em> 231(4-6): 93-132.
page(s): 120, pl. 3, fig. 6-10 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 250, pl. 2, fig. 13 [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): 272 [details] Available for editors

new combination reference del Río, C. J. (1994). Middle Miocene bivalves of the Puerto Madryn Formation, Valdes Peninsule, Chubut Province, Argentina (Lucinidae - Pholadidae). <em>Palaeontographica A.</em> 231(4-6): 93-132.
page(s): 120, pl. 3, fig. 6-10 [details] Available for editors

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Pérez, D. E., del Río, C. J. & Nielsen, S. N. (2013). Sistemática y filogenia del género Ameghinomya Ihering, 1907 (Bivalvia: Chioninae) del Cenozoico de Argentina y Chile. <em>Ameghiniana.</em> 50(3): 354-374., available online at http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.5710/AMGH.30.04.2013.594
page(s): 366, fig. 2.5, 2.7 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 366, fig. 2.5, 2.7 [details] Available for editors

Lectotype (of Venus meridionalis G. B. Sowerby I, 1846) NHMUK NHML27980 [details]