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Mercenaria kennicottii Dall, 1871

540935 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:540935)

  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 kennicottii
 unaccepted
Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species
Mercenaria Schumacher, 1817
marine
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] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Mercenaria kennicottii Dall, 1871. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=540935 on 2026-08-07
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Mercenaria kennicottii Dall, 1871. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=540935 on 2026-08-07
Date
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2010-11-10 15:53:17Z
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Tran, Bastien
2010-11-10 16:07:33Z
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Huber, Markus
2022-10-08 19:03:25Z
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Marshall, Bruce

original description 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] 

source of synonymy Coan E.V., Valentich-Scott P. & Bernard F.R. (2000) <i>Bivalve seashells of western North America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California.</i> Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. 764 pp.
page(s): 373 [details] 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Mercenaria kennicottii Holotype USNM 75017) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
Unreviewed