Mercenaria erecta Kellum 1926 (quahog)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Venus erecta

Full reference: L.B. Kellum. 1926. Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Castle Hayne and Trent Marls in North Carolina. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (143)1-56

Belongs to Mercenaria according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

See also Kellum 1926 and Richards 1943

Sister taxa: Mercenaria blakei, Mercenaria campechiensis, Mercenaria capax, Mercenaria cuneata, Mercenaria druidi, Mercenaria ducatelli, Mercenaria gardnerae, Mercenaria langdoni, Mercenaria mercenaria, Mercenaria nannodes, Mercenaria permagna, Mercenaria plena, Mercenaria prodroma, Mercenaria tetrica, Mercenaria violacea, Mclellania aenigma

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 10655 (John Gilette Farm), Silverdale, Trent marl, Onslow Co., NC, which is in a Miocene marine marl/sandstone in the Trent Formation of North Carolina

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (3: North Carolina collections)

• Oligocene of United States (1: North Carolina)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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