Mercenaria prodroma Gardner 1947 (quahog)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Venus prodroma

Full reference: J. R. Gardner. 1947. The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (142A-H)1-709

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 langdoni, Mercenaria mercenaria, Mercenaria nannodes, Mercenaria permagna, Mercenaria plena, Mercenaria tetrica, Mercenaria violacea, Mclellania aenigma

Type specimen: USNM 352544, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 7055 - Old Senterfeit Mill [Oak Grove Sand], which is in a Burdigalian marine sandstone in the Oak Grove Formation of Florida.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (8: Florida, Georgia collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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