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Mercenaria campechiensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Venus campechiensis was named by Gmelin (1791) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Pliocene-Recent; New York-Mexico. TYPE: Holotype missing.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis by Gardner (1943); it was recombined as Mercenaria campechiensis by Abbott (1954), Richards (1962), Abbott (1985), Spencer and Campbell (1987) and Petuch and Roberts (2007).

Subspecies
M. rileyi, M. tridacnoides, Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis carolinensis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. stimpsoni

Synonyms
  • Venus mortoni was named by Conrad (1837) [DISTRIBUTION: Plesitocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Mercenaria mortoni by Holmes (1860); it was synonymized subjectively with Mercenaria campechiensis by Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1790Venus campechiensis Gmelin p. 3287
1791Venus campechiensis Gmelin p. 3287
1837Venus mortoni Conrad
1860Mercenaria mortoni Holmes p. 34
1903Venus campechiensis Dall p. 1315
1904Venus campechiensis Glenn p. 307
1943Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis Gardner p. 130
1954Mercenaria campechiensis Abbott p. 406
1962Mercenaria campechiensis Richards p. 65
1985Mercenaria campechiensis Abbott p. 230
1987Mercenaria campechiensis Spencer and Campbell p. 51
2007Mercenaria campechiensis Petuch and Roberts

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVenerinaeRafinesque 1815
genusMercenariaSchumacher 1817
speciescampechiensis(Gmelin 1791)

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.

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Invalid names: Venus mortoni Conrad 1837 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:37:21
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:37:21
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (102 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Venus rileyi (60379)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Mercenaria campechiensis (79106 79112 79113) Venus campechiensis (70830 70832 70842)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Venus campechiensis (70853)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Mercenaria campechiensis (69032)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Mercenaria campechiensis (41496)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Venus campechiensis (59328 59329 59330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Venus rileyi (59293)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Mercenaria campechiensis (79249) Mercenaria rileyi (151326)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti Mercenaria campechiensis (60894)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mercenaria campechiensis (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Mercenaria campechiensis (79709 80036 80038 80040) Mercenaria tridacnoides (60660 60667 78271 78272)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Mercenaria carolinensis (79959) Mercenaria rileyi (80037 80044) Mercenaria rileyi, Mercenaria tridacnoides (79960) Venus campechiensis (59484 59485 59486 94809) Venus tridacnoides (59487)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Mercenaria campechiensis (68979 79342) Mercenaria rileyi (59301) Venus campechiensis (59307 59309 59310 59311 59327)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (South Carolina) Mercenaria tridacnoides (60942)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (North Carolina) Mercenaria carolinensis (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Mercenaria campechiensis (41501 41718 61309)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Venus rileyi (92408)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Mercenaria campechiensis (69043 80034) Venus campechiensis (59312 59316 59317 59318)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Mercenaria campechiensis (80053)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Mercenaria campechiensis (7108)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Venus campechiensis (59313)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Mercenaria campechiensis (66603 66611 66612 66614 66616 66618 66621 66622 66623)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New York) Mercenaria campechiensis (66377)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Mercenaria campechiensis (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Mercenaria campechiensis (61310 67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Mercenaria campechiensis (60927 60928 60929 60930 66756 66758 66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Mercenaria campechiensis (66742 66748 66750)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mercenaria campechiensis (61311 79738 79739 96538) Venus campechiensis (41740) Venus campechiensis, Venus mortoni (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Mercenaria campechiensis (81751)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Mercenaria campechiensis (61268) Venus mercenaria (61269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Mercenaria campechiensis (66721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Mercenaria campechiensis (57702 57705 57706 69048 69049)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Mercenaria campechiensis (41934 41935 41936 92772 92775 92776)