NARMS name details
Venus mercenaria Linnaeus, 1758
366872 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:366872)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
- 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. radiata Dall, 1902 accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 686 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 686 [details] Available for editors
Note Pennsylvania
Type locality Pennsylvania [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Venus mercenaria Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=366872 on 2025-07-06
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Venus mercenaria Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=366872 on 2025-07-06
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 686 [details] Available for editors
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clench, W. J. (1928). <i>Venus mercenaria</i> var. <i>notata</i> Say. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 41(4): 120-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519851 [details]
additional source Procter, W. (1929). <i>Venus mercenaria</i> at Mt. Desert, Maine. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 42(3): 102-103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8518887 [details]
additional source Dexter, R. W. (1944). <i>Venus mercenaria</i> not at Cape Ann. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 58(2): 71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8517302 [details]
page(s): 686 [details] Available for editors
additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Clench, W. J. (1928). <i>Venus mercenaria</i> var. <i>notata</i> Say. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 41(4): 120-122., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519851 [details]
additional source Procter, W. (1929). <i>Venus mercenaria</i> at Mt. Desert, Maine. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 42(3): 102-103., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8518887 [details]
additional source Dexter, R. W. (1944). <i>Venus mercenaria</i> not at Cape Ann. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 58(2): 71., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8517302 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pennsylvania [details]
