MolluscaBase - Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791)

(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. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 1: pars. 6., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422678 on 2024-11-21

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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. American Journal of Conchology. 7(2): 93-159, pl. 13-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15918246
page(s): 147 [details]

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 Venus apodema Dall, 1902) Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 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. Systema Naturae. Linneaeus (ed.). Ed. 13. 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 Venus. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. 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. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 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. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 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. (1838-1861). Fossils of the medial Tertiary of the United States, nos. 1, 2; Fossils of the (medial Tertiary or) Miocene formation of the United States, nos. 3, 4. Philadelphia, 89 pp., 49 pls. [details]

original description (of Venus tenuilamellata G. B. Sowerby II, 1853) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1853). Monograph of the genus Venus. In: G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. 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. (1838-1861). Fossils of the medial Tertiary of the United States, nos. 1, 2; Fossils of the (medial Tertiary or) Miocene formation of the United States, nos. 3, 4. Philadelphia, 89 pp., 49 pls. [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. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 26 (1312): 335-412., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612547
page(s): 1312 [details]

basis of record Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Ropes, J. W. & Merrill, A. S. (1967). Malacobdella grossa in Pitar morrhuana and Mercenaria campechiensis. The Nautilus. 81(2): 37-40., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34902 [details] Available for editors

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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]