WoRMS name details
Venus mercenaria Linnaeus, 1758
366872 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:366872)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
- Variety Venus mercenaria var. alba Dall, 1902 accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Venus mercenaria var. antiqua A. E. Verrill, 1875 accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (synonym)
- Variety Venus mercenaria var. notata Say, 1822 accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Venus mercenaria var. radiata Dall, 1902 accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Venus mercenaria var. subradiata K. van W. Palmer, 1927 accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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page(s): 686 [details] Available for editors
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Note Pennsylvania
Type locality Pennsylvania [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Venus mercenaria Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=366872 on 2024-11-21
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original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 686 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM). , available online at http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html [details]
additional source Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM). , available online at http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html [details]
additional source 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]
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 Procter, W. (1929). <i>Venus mercenaria</i> at Mt. Desert, Maine. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 42(3): 102-103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8518887 [details]
additional source Dexter, R. W. (1944). <i>Venus mercenaria</i> not at Cape Ann. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 58(2): 71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8517302 [details]
page(s): 686 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM). , available online at http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html [details]
additional source Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM). , available online at http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html [details]
additional source 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]
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 Procter, W. (1929). <i>Venus mercenaria</i> at Mt. Desert, Maine. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 42(3): 102-103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8518887 [details]
additional source Dexter, R. W. (1944). <i>Venus mercenaria</i> not at Cape Ann. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 58(2): 71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8517302 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pennsylvania [details]
