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Venus (Mercenaria) plena inflata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus plena inflata was named by Dall (1903) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Virginia.]. Its type specimen is USNM 163419, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Venus (Mercenaria) plena inflata by Gardner (1943).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Venus plena inflata Dall p. 1310
1943Venus (Mercenaria) plena inflata Gardner p. 134

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusVenusSchumacher 1817
subgenusMercenaria
speciesplenaConrad 1869
subspeciesinflata(Dall 1903)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
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