WoRMS 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. notata Say, 1822 accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Variety Venus mercenaria var. radiata Dall, 1902 accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Venus mercenaria var. subradiata Palmer, 1927 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. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 686 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 686 [details] Available for editors
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Note Pennsylvania
Type locality Pennsylvania [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Venus mercenaria Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=366872 on 2023-12-09
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original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 686 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM). , available online at http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html [details]
additional source Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM). , available online at http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html [details]
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
[request] basis of record Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM). , available online at http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html [details]
additional source Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM). , available online at http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html [details]
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 Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Pennsylvania [details]
