Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Venus nannodes

Full reference: J. R. Gardner. 1947. The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper (142A-H)1-709

Belongs to Mercenaria according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008

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

Type specimen: USNM 351878, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 3742 - Mossyhead [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 57.0 x 51.0