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Mercenaria plena

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Mercenaria plena was named by Conrad (1869) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Virginia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Venus plena by Heilprin (1887) and Glenn (1904); it was recombined as Venus (Mercenaria) plena by Gardner (1943).

Subspecies
Venus (Mercenaria) plena inflata, Venus (Mercenaria) plena nucea
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. stimpsoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Mercenaria plena Conrad p. 100
1887Venus plena Heilprin p. 397
1904Venus plena Glenn p. 305
1943Venus (Mercenaria) plena Gardner p. 134
1982Mercenaria plena Kidwell

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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
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusMercenariaSchumacher 1817
speciesplenaConrad 1869

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 plena Conrad 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available