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Taxonomy
Mercenaria was named by Schumacher (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Venus (Mercenaria) by Gardner (1943).
It was assigned to Venus by Gardner (1943); to Chioninae by Ward (1992); to Veneridae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Coan et al. (2000) and Todd (2001); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Venerinae by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).
It was reranked as Venus (Mercenaria) by Gardner (1943).
It was assigned to Venus by Gardner (1943); to Chioninae by Ward (1992); to Veneridae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Coan et al. (2000) and Todd (2001); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Venerinae by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1817 | Mercenaria Schumacher |
| 1943 | Venus (Mercenaria) Gardner p. 129 |
| 1983 | Mclellania Wilson p. 486 figs. Plates 1-3 |
| 1987 | Mercenaria Ward and Blackwelder p. 130 |
| 1992 | Mercenaria Ward p. 107 |
| 2000 | Mercenaria Coan et al. p. 373 |
| 2001 | Mercenaria Todd |
| 2002 | Mclelannia Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Mercenaria Sepkoski |
| 2012 | Mercenaria Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 781 |
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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.
G. Mercenaria Schumacher 1817 [quahog]
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†Mercenaria blakei Ward 1992
Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791
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†Mercenaria campechiensis rileyi Conrad 1838
†Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis carolinensis Conrad 1875
Invalid names: Venus mortoni Conrad 1837 [synonym]
†Mercenaria campechiensis tridacnoides Lamarck 1818
†Mercenaria capax Conrad 1843
†Mercenaria cuneata Conrad 1869
†Mercenaria ducatelli Conrad 1838
†Mercenaria erecta Kellum 1926
†Mercenaria gardnerae Kellum 1926
†Mercenaria langdoni Dall 1900
Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758
†Mercenaria nannodes Gardner 1947
†Mercenaria permagna Conrad 1838
†Mercenaria prodroma Gardner 1947
†Mercenaria tetrica Conrad 1838
Mercenaria violacea Schumacher 1817
Venus (Mercenaria) mercenaria notata Say 1822
†Venus (Mercenaria) plena nucea Dall 1903
Invalid names: Mclellania Wilson 1983 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available