Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Venus (Mercenaria) mercenaria, Venus mercenaria
Belongs to Mercenaria according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Gardner 1943 and Glenn 1904
Sister taxa: Mercenaria blakei, Mercenaria campechiensis, Mercenaria capax, Mercenaria cuneata, Mercenaria druidi, Mercenaria ducatelli, Mercenaria erecta, Mercenaria gardnerae, Mercenaria langdoni, Mercenaria nannodes, Mercenaria permagna, Mercenaria plena, Mercenaria prodroma, Mercenaria tetrica, Mercenaria violacea, Mclellania aenigma
Subtaxa: Venus (Mercenaria) mercenaria notata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (59: Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)
• Miocene of United States (16: Maryland, New Jersey)
Total: 75 collections each including a single occurrence
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