MolluscaBase - Venus praeparca Say, 1822

WoRMS name details

Venus praeparca Say, 1822

AphiaID

544674 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:544674)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank

Species

Parent

Venus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Venus praeparca Say, 1822

Environment

marine

Original description

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]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Venus praeparca Say, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=544674 on 2025-04-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-11-10 15:53:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-11-10 16:07:33Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2012-10-12 19:36:57Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2022-12-31 19:01:28Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

Licensing

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Sources (2)

Nomenclature

original description 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]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy 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]