WoRMS

WoRMS taxon details

Mercenaria texana (Dall, 1902)

AphiaID

507773 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507773)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Mercenaria Schumacher, 1817

Original name

Venus campechiensis var. texana Dall, 1902

Synonymised names

Venus campechiensis var. texana Dall, 1902 · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Venus campechiensis var. texana Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 26 (1312): 335-412., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612547
page(s): 378. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Texas

type locality contained in Texas [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mercenaria texana (Dall, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507773 on 2026-07-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-08-18 08:38:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-15 11:43:10Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2022-02-04 12:22:45Z

changed

Herbert, David

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Venus campechiensis var. texana Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 26 (1312): 335-412., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612547
page(s): 378. [details]

basis of record 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. (look up in IMIS) [details]