WoRMS name details
Crassivenus G. H. Perkins, 1869
516284 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:516284)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Genus
Venus mercenaria Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
- Species Crassivenus mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
masculine
Perkins G.H. (1869). Molluscan fauna of New Haven. A critical review of all the marine, fresh water and land Mollusca of the region, with descriptions of many of the living animals and of new species. Part 1. Cephalopoda and Gasteropoda. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 13: 109-136 [Errata: 428, published 1870]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41806565, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41806884
page(s): 147 [details]
page(s): 147 [details]
Nomenclature New generic name introduced onthe grounds that the generic name should not repeat the specific epithet; this is supported...
Nomenclature New generic name introduced onthe grounds that the generic name should not repeat the specific epithet; this is supported by the botanical code but not by ICZN [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Crassivenus G. H. Perkins, 1869. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=516284 on 2025-11-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Perkins G.H. (1869). Molluscan fauna of New Haven. A critical review of all the marine, fresh water and land Mollusca of the region, with descriptions of many of the living animals and of new species. Part 1. Cephalopoda and Gasteropoda. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 13: 109-136 [Errata: 428, published 1870]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41806565, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41806884
page(s): 147 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 147 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 154 [details]
page(s): 154 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature New generic name introduced onthe grounds that the generic name should not repeat the specific epithet; this is supported by the botanical code but not by ICZN [details]
Unreviewed
Image from typetaxon
Image from typetaxon
Image from typetaxon
