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Taxonomy
Venus tetrica was named by Conrad (1838).
It was recombined as Mercenaria tetrica by Ward (1992), Hendy et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Mercenaria tetrica by Ward (1992), Hendy et al. (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1838 | Venus tetrica Conrad |
| 1992 | Mercenaria tetrica Ward p. 107 |
| 2008 | Mercenaria tetrica 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 tetrica Conrad 1838
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian | USA (Virginia) | Mercenaria tetrica (71632 71637) | |
| Tortonian | USA (Maryland) | Mercenaria tetrica (70853 71636) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | USA (Maryland) | Mercenaria tetrica (51722 51727 59303 59304 69017 69032) |