Mercenaria mercenaria
creator: Gofas, Serge
date: 2026-08-24
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=141919 on 2026-08-24
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
class: Bivalvia
family: Veneridae
genus: Mercenaria
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Anton, H. E. (1837). Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien-Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 3(2): 281-286.
name published in: Anton, H. E. (1838). Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, The Veliger 20(3): 299].
name published in: 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.
name published in: Gabb, W. M. (1860). Descriptions of new species of American Tertiary and Cretaceous fossils. Journal of the Academy of Sciences of Philadelphia, Second Series. 4: 375-404, pls. 67-69.
name published in: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
name published in: Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325.
name published in: Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. Schultz, Copenghagen. iv + 288 pp., 22 pls.
name published in: Sternheimer, J. (1957). Une nouvelle espece de Meretrix (Mollusque Lamellibranche): Le Meretrix rutila n. sp. et sa variete rarilineata n. var. Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 26: 115-117.
name published in: Tryon, G. W. (1865). Description of a new species of Mercenaria. American Journal of Conchology. 1: 297.
name published in: Van Winkle Palmer, K. (1927-1929). The Veneridae of eastern America, Cenozoic and Recent. Palaeontographica Americana. 1(5): 209-522 [March 1927], pls 32-76 [February 1929].
name published in year: 1837
name published in year: 1838
name published in year: 1902
name published in year: 1860
name published in year: 1758
name published in year: 1822
name published in year: 1817
name published in year: 1957
name published in year: 1865
name published in year: 1927-1929
order: Venerida
parent name usage ID: 138642
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (Linnaeus, 1758)
specific epithet: mercenaria
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted