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Mercenaria gardnerae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus gardnerae was named by Kellum (1926) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; North Carolina.]. It is not a trace fossil. 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.

It was recombined as Mercenaria gardnerae by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data