IRMNG - Mercenaria Schumacher, 1817

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Mercenaria Schumacher, 1817

IRMNG_ID

1306481 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1306481)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Crassivenus Perkins, 1869 · unaccepted (synonym)

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Species Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mercenaria campichiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mercenaria rileyi (Conrad, 1838) †
Species Mercenaria stimpsoni (Gould, 1861)
Species Mercenaria texana (Dall, 1902)
Species Mercenaria cancellata Gabb, 1860 accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mercenaria carolinensis Conrad, 1875 accepted as Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mercenaria cuneata Conrad, 1868 accepted as Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mercenaria fulgurans Tryon, 1865 accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mercenaria kennicottii Dall, 1871 accepted as Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mercenaria obtusa Conrad, 1866 accepted as Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Mercenaria paucilamellata Dunker, 1863 accepted as Bassina pachyphylla (Jonas, 1839)
Species Mercenaria rutila Sternheimer, 1957 accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Mercenaria violacea Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Essai Vers test., 45
page(s): 135 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Mercenaria Schumacher, 1817. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1306481 on 2024-04-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Essai Vers test., 45
page(s): 135 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source CoL2006 [details]

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560. [details]

habitat flag source Aphia 2006 [details]

original description (of Crassivenus Perkins, 1869) Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 13
page(s): 147 [details]

From other sources

Descriptive info Includes marine species (Aphia 2006). Marine, extant (?) + fossil: Tertiary to Recent (Sepkoski 2002) [details]

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