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Venus (Mercenaria) mercenaria notata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus notata was named by Say (1822) [DISTRIBUTION: Massachusetts-Recent; Virginia-Georgia.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Mercenaria notata by Holmes (1858) and Holmes (1860); it was recombined as Venus mercenaria notata by Dall (1903); it was recombined as Venus (Mercenaria) mercenaria notata by Gardner (1943).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Venus notata Say p. 271
1858Mercenaria notata Holmes p. 34
1860Mercenaria notata Holmes p. 34
1870Venus notata Gould p. 135
1903Venus mercenaria notata Dall p. 1312
1943Venus (Mercenaria) mercenaria notata Gardner p. 130

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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
speciesmercenaria(Linnaeus 1758)
subspeciesnotata(Say 1822)

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