Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Belongs to Mercenaria according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Ward 1992
Sister taxa: Mercenaria blakei, Mercenaria campechiensis, Mercenaria capax, Mercenaria druidi, Mercenaria ducatelli, Mercenaria erecta, Mercenaria gardnerae, Mercenaria langdoni, Mercenaria mercenaria, Mercenaria nannodes, Mercenaria permagna, Mercenaria plena, Mercenaria prodroma, Mercenaria tetrica, Mercenaria violacea, Mclellania aenigma
Type specimen: Its type locality is James T. Thomas estate, which is in a Serravallian offshore shelf horizon in the Calvert Formation of Maryland.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (16: Maryland, Virginia collections)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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