Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Venus langdoni
Belongs to Mercenaria according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Gardner 1947
Sister taxa: Mercenaria blakei, Mercenaria campechiensis, Mercenaria capax, Mercenaria cuneata, Mercenaria druidi, Mercenaria ducatelli, Mercenaria erecta, Mercenaria gardnerae, Mercenaria mercenaria, Mercenaria nannodes, Mercenaria permagna, Mercenaria plena, Mercenaria prodroma, Mercenaria tetrica, Mercenaria violacea, Mclellania aenigma
Type specimen: USNM 114569, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (9: Florida, Georgia collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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