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Taxonomy
Venus permagna was named by Conrad (1838).
It was recombined as Mercenaria permagna by Ward and Blackwelder (1987).
It was recombined as Mercenaria permagna by Ward and Blackwelder (1987).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1838 | Venus permagna Conrad pp. 8-9 |
1987 | Mercenaria permagna Ward and Blackwelder p. 158 figs. Plate 24, Figs. 2-5 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Mercenaria permagna Conrad 1838
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class | |||||
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.78100 Ma
Collections (10 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (North Carolina) | Mercenaria permagna (58895) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (North Carolina) | Mercenaria permagna (58897 58898 60986 60987 60988 60989) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (North Carolina) | Mercenaria permagna (211182 211183) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Mercenaria permagna (79749) |