MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Venus mercenaria Linnaeus, 1758

WoRMS name details

Venus mercenaria Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

366872 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:366872)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original combination)

Accepted Name

Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Venus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Venus mercenaria Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (5)

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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)

Environment

marine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 686 [details] Available for editors

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Type data

Note Pennsylvania

Type locality Pennsylvania [details]

Taxonomic citation

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

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-08-27 12:52:08Z

created

Vandepitte, Leen

2010-11-19 08:29:14Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2011-12-15 12:57:32Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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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. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 686 [details] Available for editors

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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). 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]

additional source Clench, W. J. (1928). Venus mercenaria var. notata Say. The Nautilus. 41(4): 120-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519851 [details]

additional source Procter, W. (1929). Venus mercenaria at Mt. Desert, Maine. The Nautilus. 42(3): 102-103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8518887 [details]

additional source Dexter, R. W. (1944). Venus mercenaria not at Cape Ann. The Nautilus. 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]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (579 publications)
To GenBank (83721 nucleotides; 63471 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS