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Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis carolinensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Mercenaria carolinensis was named by Conrad (1875) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Pliocene; North Carolina.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Venus campechiensis carolinensis by Palmer (1926); it was recombined as Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis carolinensis by Gardner (1943).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Mercenaria carolinensis Conrad p. 20
1926Venus campechiensis carolinensis Palmer p. 190
1943Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis carolinensis Gardner p. 132

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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
speciescampechiensis(Gmelin 1791)
subspeciescarolinensis(Conrad 1875)

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:37:21
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:37:21
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Gelasian or 3.60000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Mercenaria carolinensis (79959) Venus campechiensis (59484 59486)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (North Carolina) Mercenaria carolinensis (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Venus campechiensis (59312 59316)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Venus campechiensis (59313)