MUSSELpdb
Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater mussels
by Taxonomy
Species & Genus Richness of
freshwater bivalves
by Family
Geography
Species Richness & Endemism of
freshwater mussels
by Geography
Data last updated
Mon 2 March 2026
Bivalvia | Venerida | Veneroidea | Veneridae | Mercenaria
species Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758): synonymy
Synonymy
Venus mercenaria Linnaeus, 1758
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 686.
Mercenaria mercenaria — Giribet & Wheeler (2002), Hallen et al. (2013), Combosch et al. (2017), Wu et al. (2023), Huang et al. (2025)
Taxonomic History (since 1900)
Mercenaria mercenaria — Giribet & Wheeler (2002), Hallen et al. (2013), Combosch et al. (2017), Wu et al. (2023), Huang et al. (2025)
