Mercenaria: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Mercenaria
Species
Scientific Name: Mercenaria

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Mercenaria

Mercenaria is a genus of edible marine bivalves in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. The genus includes the quahogs, consisting of Mercenaria mercenaria, the northern quahog or hard clam, and M. campechiensis, the southern quahog, both important species for human consumption.

Mercenaria in languages:

English: Quahogs
English: Hard Clams

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