Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Venus gardnerae
Full reference: L.B. Kellum. 1926. Paleontology and Stratigraphy of the Castle Hayne and Trent Marls in North Carolina. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (143)1-56
Belongs to Mercenaria according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Kellum 1926 and Richards 1943
Sister taxa: Mercenaria blakei, Mercenaria campechiensis, Mercenaria capax, Mercenaria cuneata, Mercenaria druidi, Mercenaria ducatelli, Mercenaria erecta, Mercenaria langdoni, Mercenaria mercenaria, Mercenaria nannodes, Mercenaria permagna, Mercenaria plena, Mercenaria prodroma, Mercenaria tetrica, Mercenaria violacea, Mclellania aenigma
Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS 10655 (John Gilette Farm), Silverdale, Trent marl, Onslow Co., NC, which is in a Miocene marine marl/sandstone in the Trent Formation of North Carolina
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: North Carolina collections)
• Oligocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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