Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis, Venus campechiensis
Synonyms: Mercenaria mortoni Conrad 1837, Venus mortoni Conrad 1837
Belongs to Mercenaria according to R. S. Spencer and L.D. Campbell 1987
See also Gardner 1943, Glenn 1904, Hendy et al. 2008, Holmes 1860 and Petuch and Roberts 2007
Sister taxa: Mercenaria blakei, Mercenaria capax, Mercenaria cuneata, Mercenaria druidi, Mercenaria ducatelli, Mercenaria erecta, Mercenaria gardnerae, Mercenaria langdoni, Mercenaria mercenaria, Mercenaria nannodes, Mercenaria permagna, Mercenaria plena, Mercenaria prodroma, Mercenaria tetrica, Mercenaria violacea, Mclellania aenigma
Subtaxa: Mercenaria campechiensis rileyi Mercenaria campechiensis tridacnoides Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis carolinensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (58: Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Haiti (1), United States (33: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of United States (9: Maryland)
Total: 102 collections including 104 occurrences
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