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Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
422678 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:422678)
accepted
Species
Mercenaria carolinensis Conrad, 1873 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mercenaria cuneata Conrad, 1868 · unaccepted
Mercenaria kennicottii Dall, 1871 · unaccepted
Mercenaria obtusa Conrad, 1866 · unaccepted
Mercenaria tetrica (Conrad, 1838) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus alboradiata G. B. Sowerby II, 1853 · unaccepted
Venus apodema Dall, 1902 · unaccepted
Venus calcarea R. A. Philippi, 1844 · unaccepted
Venus campechiensis Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Venus campechiensis carolinensis (Conrad, 1875) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus campechiensis var. quadrata Dall, 1902 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus capax Conrad, 1844 · unaccepted
Venus mortoni Conrad, 1837 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus permagna Conrad, 1838 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Venus praeparca Say, 1822 · unaccepted
Venus submortoni A. d'Orbigny, 1852 · unaccepted
Venus tenuilamellata G. B. Sowerby II, 1853 · unaccepted
Venus tetrica Conrad, 1838 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subspecies Mercenaria campechiensis campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Subspecies Mercenaria campechiensis texana (Dall, 1902)
- Subspecies Mercenaria campechiensis alaquaensis (Mansfield, 1932) † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Subspecies Mercenaria campechiensis ochlockoneensis (Mansfield, 1932) † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine
(of Venus campechiensis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] 
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original description
(of Mercenaria carolinensis Conrad, 1873 †) Conrad, T. A. (1873). Descriptions of new genera and species of fossil shells of North Carolina in the State Cabinet at Rayleigh, pp. 1-28; pl. 1-4. Appendix to: Kerr, W.C. Report of the Geological Survey of North Carolina, Vol. i, 120 pp., 8 pls. (fossils), geol. map. In: Kerr, W. C. Report of the Geological Survey of North Carolina 1, Appendix A. Raleigh: Josiah Turner, 1-28 ["1875"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54125882
page(s): 20 [details]
original description (of Mercenaria kennicottii Dall, 1871) Dall, W. H. (1871). Descriptions of sixty new forms of mollusks and brachiopods of the southeastern coast of North America and the North Pacific Ocean, with notes on others already described. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 7(2): 93-159, pls 13-16. [stated date 2 November 1871]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15918246
page(s): 147 [details]
original description (of Venus apodema Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26 (1312): 335-412., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612547
page(s): 396, 406 [details]
original description (of Venus calcarea R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): vol. 1, 175 [details]
original description (of Venus campechiensis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Venus alboradiata G. B. Sowerby II, 1853) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1853). Monograph of the genus <i>Venus</i>. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells.</i> Vol. 2 (14): 703-739, pl. 152-162. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075899 [details]
original description (of Venus mortoni Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 251 [details]
original description (of Venus praeparca Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 271 [details]
original description (of Venus permagna Conrad, 1838 †) Conrad, T. A. (1838-1839). Fossils of the medial Tertiary of the United States. No. 1. Judah Dobson, Philadelphia, pp. i–xvi, 1–32 + covers with text., available online at https://books.google.de/books?redir_esc=y&hl=de&id=5vYyAQAAIAAJ
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Venus tenuilamellata G. B. Sowerby II, 1853) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1853). Monograph of the genus <i>Venus</i>. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells.</i> Vol. 2 (14): 703-739, pl. 152-162. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075899
page(s): 733 [details]
original description (of Venus tetrica Conrad, 1838 †) Conrad, T. A. (1838-1839). Fossils of the medial Tertiary of the United States. No. 1. Judah Dobson, Philadelphia, pp. i–xvi, 1–32 + covers with text., available online at https://books.google.de/books?redir_esc=y&hl=de&id=5vYyAQAAIAAJ
page(s): 7-8, pl. 4, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Venus campechiensis var. quadrata Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26 (1312): 335-412., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612547
page(s): 1312 [details]
basis of record 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 Ropes, J. W. & Merrill, A. S. (1967). <i>Malacobdella grossa</i> in <i>Pitar morrhuana</i> and <i>Mercenaria campechiensis</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 81(2): 37-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34902 [details] Available for editors
[request]
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): 20 [details]
original description (of Mercenaria kennicottii Dall, 1871) Dall, W. H. (1871). Descriptions of sixty new forms of mollusks and brachiopods of the southeastern coast of North America and the North Pacific Ocean, with notes on others already described. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 7(2): 93-159, pls 13-16. [stated date 2 November 1871]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15918246
page(s): 147 [details]
original description (of Venus apodema Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26 (1312): 335-412., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612547
page(s): 396, 406 [details]
original description (of Venus calcarea R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): vol. 1, 175 [details]
original description (of Venus campechiensis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. <em>Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13.</em> 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Venus alboradiata G. B. Sowerby II, 1853) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1853). Monograph of the genus <i>Venus</i>. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells.</i> Vol. 2 (14): 703-739, pl. 152-162. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075899 [details]
original description (of Venus mortoni Conrad, 1837) Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 7: 227-268, pls 17-20., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24676893
page(s): 251 [details]
original description (of Venus praeparca Say, 1822) Say, T. (1822). An account of some of the marine shells of the United States. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia.</em> 2(1): 221-248; 2(2): 257-276, 302-325., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36831411
page(s): 271 [details]
original description (of Venus permagna Conrad, 1838 †) Conrad, T. A. (1838-1839). Fossils of the medial Tertiary of the United States. No. 1. Judah Dobson, Philadelphia, pp. i–xvi, 1–32 + covers with text., available online at https://books.google.de/books?redir_esc=y&hl=de&id=5vYyAQAAIAAJ
page(s): 9 [details]
original description (of Venus tenuilamellata G. B. Sowerby II, 1853) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1853). Monograph of the genus <i>Venus</i>. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells.</i> Vol. 2 (14): 703-739, pl. 152-162. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11075899
page(s): 733 [details]
original description (of Venus tetrica Conrad, 1838 †) Conrad, T. A. (1838-1839). Fossils of the medial Tertiary of the United States. No. 1. Judah Dobson, Philadelphia, pp. i–xvi, 1–32 + covers with text., available online at https://books.google.de/books?redir_esc=y&hl=de&id=5vYyAQAAIAAJ
page(s): 7-8, pl. 4, fig. 1 [details]
original description (of Venus campechiensis var. quadrata Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 26 (1312): 335-412., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612547
page(s): 1312 [details]
basis of record 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 Ropes, J. W. & Merrill, A. S. (1967). <i>Malacobdella grossa</i> in <i>Pitar morrhuana</i> and <i>Mercenaria campechiensis</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 81(2): 37-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34902 [details] Available for editors
[request]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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Malacopics (Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791) United States, Florida, Estero Island, Estero Boulevard, washed ashore on sandy beach, collected February 2009, ex coll. J.N.J. Post)
To Malacopics (Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mercenaria kennicottii Holotype USNM 75017) (from synonym Mercenaria kennicottii Dall, 1871)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Venus apodema Holotype USNM 6243) (from synonym Venus apodema Dall, 1902)
To ITIS
To Malacopics (Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791))
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mercenaria kennicottii Holotype USNM 75017) (from synonym Mercenaria kennicottii Dall, 1871)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Venus apodema Holotype USNM 6243) (from synonym Venus apodema Dall, 1902)
To ITIS
