Mercenaria blakei Ward 1992 (quahog)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: L. W. Ward. 1992. Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America. Virginia Museum of Natural History 2

Belongs to Mercenaria according to L. W. Ward 1992

Sister taxa: 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 prodroma, Mercenaria tetrica, Mercenaria violacea, Mclellania aenigma

Type specimen: USNM 405291, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (3: Maryland collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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