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
Wed 04 February 2026
Bivalvia | Venerida | Veneroidea | Veneridae | Meretrix meretrix
nominal species Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758
Venus meretrix Linnaeus, 1758 = Meretrix meretrix
Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. 1: 686.
Taxonomic Opinions
= Meretrix meretrix — Huang et al., 2025
= Meretrix meretrix — Wu et al., 2023
= Meretrix meretrix (Linnaeus, 1758) — WoRMS, 2011
