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Mercenaria Schumacher, 1817
138642 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138642)
accepted
Genus
Mercenaria violacea Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (type by monotypy)
Crassivenus G. H. Perkins, 1869 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Venus (Mercenaria) Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Species Mercenaria browni Petuch & Berschauer, 2019
- Species Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Mercenaria druidi Ward, 1992 †
- Species Mercenaria hartae Petuch, 2013
- Species Mercenaria langdoni (Dall, 1900) †
- Species Mercenaria lindae Petuch & Drolshagen, 2010 †
- Species Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Mercenaria problematica (K. Martin, 1883) †
- Species Mercenaria prodroma (J. A. Gardner, 1926) †
- Species Mercenaria stimpsoni (A. Gould, 1861)
- Species Mercenaria texana (Dall, 1902)
- Species Mercenaria yokoyamai (Makiyama, 1927) †
- Species Mercenaria cancellata Gabb, 1860 † accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mercenaria carolinensis Conrad, 1873 † accepted as Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mercenaria cuneata Conrad, 1868 accepted as Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Mercenaria fulgurans Tryon, 1865 accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Mercenaria kennicottii Dall, 1871 accepted as Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Mercenaria obtusa Conrad, 1866 accepted as Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Mercenaria paucilamellata Dunker, 1863 accepted as Bassina pachyphylla (Jonas, 1839)
- Species Mercenaria rutila (Sternheimer, 1957) accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mercenaria tetrica (Conrad, 1838) † accepted as Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mercenaria tridacnoides (Lamarck, 1818) † accepted as Mercenaria corrugata (Lamarck, 1818) † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Mercenaria violacea Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Mercenaria corrugata (Lamarck, 1818) † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Mercenaria perlaminosa Conrad, 1855 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Mercenaria rileyi (Conrad, 1838) † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 135 [details]
page(s): 135 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mercenaria Schumacher, 1817. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138642 on 2025-09-10
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original description
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 135 [details]
original description (of Crassivenus G. H. Perkins, 1869) Perkins G.H. (1869). Molluscan fauna of New Haven. A critical review of all the marine, fresh water and land Mollusca of the region, with descriptions of many of the living animals and of new species. Part 1. Cephalopoda and Gasteropoda. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 13: 109-136 [Errata: 428, published 1870]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41806565, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41806884
page(s): 147 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 154 [details]
additional source Goodsell, J. G. & Eversole, A. G. (1992). Prodissoconch I and II length in <i>Mercenaria</i> taxa. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 106(3): 119-122, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8271365 [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
page(s): 135 [details]
original description (of Crassivenus G. H. Perkins, 1869) Perkins G.H. (1869). Molluscan fauna of New Haven. A critical review of all the marine, fresh water and land Mollusca of the region, with descriptions of many of the living animals and of new species. Part 1. Cephalopoda and Gasteropoda. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History.</em> 13: 109-136 [Errata: 428, published 1870]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41806565, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41806884
page(s): 147 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 154 [details]
additional source Goodsell, J. G. & Eversole, A. G. (1992). Prodissoconch I and II length in <i>Mercenaria</i> taxa. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 106(3): 119-122, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8271365 [details]
redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]
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