Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Venus ducatelli

Belongs to Mercenaria according to L. W. Ward 1998

Sister taxa: Mercenaria blakei, Mercenaria campechiensis, Mercenaria capax, Mercenaria cuneata, Mercenaria druidi, Mercenaria erecta, Mercenaria gardnerae, Mercenaria langdoni, Mercenaria mercenaria, Mercenaria nannodes, Mercenaria permagna, Mercenaria plena, Mercenaria prodroma, Mercenaria tetrica

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder