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Taxonomy
Venus mercenaria was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene-Recent; Massachusetts-Georgia.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Venus (Mercenaria) mercenaria by Gardner (1943); it was recombined as Mercenaria mercenaria by Hendy et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Venus (Mercenaria) mercenaria by Gardner (1943); it was recombined as Mercenaria mercenaria by Hendy et al. (2008).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Venus mercenaria Linnaeus p. 684 |
| 1904 | Venus mercenaria Glenn p. 304 |
| 1943 | Venus (Mercenaria) mercenaria Gardner p. 130 |
| 2008 | Mercenaria mercenaria 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 mercenaria Linnaeus 1758
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Venus (Mercenaria) mercenaria notata Say 1822
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available