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Taxonomy
Venus nannodes was named by Gardner (1947) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 351878, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 3742 - Mossyhead [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida.
It was recombined as Mercenaria nannodes by Hendy et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Mercenaria nannodes by Hendy et al. (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Venus nannodes Gardner pp. 175-176 figs. pl. 28, figs. 6-7 |
| 2008 | Mercenaria nannodes 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 nannodes Gardner 1947
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available