Sinônimos: Chamelea gayi (Hupé, 1854); Chione (Nioche) keenae T. Soot-Ryen, 1958; Chione fuegiensis E. A. Smith, 1905; Chione keenae T. Soot-Ryen, 1958; Chione obovalis Deshayes, 1853; Clausinella gayi (Hupé, 1854); Tawera gayi (Hupé, 1854); Venus elliptica Lamarck, 1818; Venus gayi Hupé, 1854; Venus spurca G. B. Sowerby I, 1835
Descrição original: Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879 page(s): 590
Referência: Passos, F.D., Batistão, A.R. & Lima, L.L.C. (2024). Checklist of marine Bivalvia (Mollusca) from Brazil, with descriptive analyses of their bathymetric and geographical distribution. Zootaxa, 5488(1): 1–94. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5488.1.1