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Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791)

422678 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:422678)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Bivalvia
  5. Autobranchia
  6. Heteroconchia
  7. Euheterodonta
  8. Imparidentia
  9. Venerida
  10. Veneroidea
  11. Veneridae
  12. Venerinae
  13. Mercenaria
  14. Mercenaria campechiensis
accepted
Species
Mercenaria Schumacher, 1817
marine
(of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422678 on 2026-07-29
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=422678 on 2026-07-29
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2009-10-06 12:38:14Z
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2010-09-23 10:34:21Z
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Huber, Markus
2012-06-09 15:35:42Z
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Rosenberg, Gary

original description (of ) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details] OpenAccess publication

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] 

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  PDF available

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] 

additional source Eversole, A. G. (1997). Gametogenesis of <i>Mercenaria mercenaria, M. campechiensis</i> and their hybrids. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 10(4): 107-110, fig. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8274447 [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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To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Mercenaria campechiensis) 
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
To Malacopics (Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791) United States, Florida, Estero Island, Este... 
To Malacopics (Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791) United States, Florida, Leisey Shell Pit) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mercenaria kennicottii Holotype USNM 75017) (from synonym Mercenaria kennicottii Dall, 1871)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Mercenaria kennicottii Dall, 1871)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To ITIS
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