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Taxonomy
Venus mercenaria was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene-Recent; Massachusetts-Georgia.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Venus (Mercenaria) mercenaria by Gardner (1943); it was recombined as Mercenaria mercenaria by Hendy et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Venus (Mercenaria) mercenaria by Gardner (1943); it was recombined as Mercenaria mercenaria by Hendy et al. (2008).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1758 | Venus mercenaria Linnaeus p. 684 |
| 1904 | Venus mercenaria Glenn p. 304 |
| 1943 | Venus (Mercenaria) mercenaria Gardner p. 130 |
| 2008 | Mercenaria mercenaria Hendy et al. |
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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.
Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 [quahog]
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Venus (Mercenaria) mercenaria notata Say 1822
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma
Collections (75 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Miocene | USA (New Jersey) | Venus mercenaria (59335 59723 59725 59736 59737 59748 59754 92755 92759 92760 92761 92769) | |
| Miocene | USA (New Jersey) | Venus mercenaria (92756) | |
| Langhian | USA (Maryland) | Venus mercenaria (70819 70823) | |
| Serravallian | USA (Maryland) | Venus mercenaria (70830) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Mercenaria mercenaria (79331 79786 79787 79788 79789) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (New Jersey) | Mercenaria mercenaria (66600 66603 66604 66611 66612 66614 66615 66616 66617 66618 66619 66621 66622 66623) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (New York) | Mercenaria mercenaria (66380 66381) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Mercenaria mercenaria (7108 7109) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (Delaware) | Mercenaria mercenaria (66701 66702 66703) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New York) | Venus mercenaria (61270) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (New York) | Mercenaria mercenaria (81751) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | Mercenaria mercenaria (20606) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (South Carolina) | Mercenaria mercenaria (66756 66758 66760) Venus mercenaria (92404) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Mercenaria mercenaria (57703 57705 80047) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Mercenaria mercenaria (66742 66744 66745 66747 66748 66749 66750 66751 66754 69045 69047) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Maryland) | Mercenaria mercenaria (66706 66707 66720 66721) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Mercenaria mercenaria (79731) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Massachusetts) | Mercenaria mercenaria (66359) Venus mercenaria (61267 61268) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Georgia) | Mercenaria mercenaria (66724) | |
| Holocene | USA (Massachusetts) | Venus mercenaria (122440 176525) | |
| Holocene | USA (Maine) | Venus mercenaria (176524) |