WoRMS name details
Venus campechiensis Gmelin, 1791
544321 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:544321)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
- Variety Venus campechiensis var. quadrata Dall, 1902 accepted as Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Venus campechiensis var. texana Dall, 1902 accepted as Mercenaria texana (Dall, 1902)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Venus campechiensis Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=544321 on 2026-09-13
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Nomenclature
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Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [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]
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]
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additional source
Bartsch, P. (1943). An interesting variant of <i>Venus campechiensis</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 57(2): 68 [October]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8515526 [details]
additional source Clench, W. J. (1928). <i>Venus mercenaria</i> var. <i>notata</i> Say. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 41(4): 120-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519851 [details]
additional source Clench, W. J. (1928). <i>Venus mercenaria</i> var. <i>notata</i> Say. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 41(4): 120-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519851 [details]
