WoRMS taxon details
Mercenaria Schumacher, 1817
AphiaID: 138642
AphiaID: 138642
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Mercenaria violacea Schumacher, 1817 (type by monotypy) | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Crassivenus Perkins, 1869 (synonym) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] redescription: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details] from synonym: Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791) Species Mercenaria hartae Petuch, 2013 Species Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138642 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Mercenaria Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138642 on 2013-05-26 | |||||||||||||||||
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