Mercenaria mercenaria

Translingual

Mercenaria mercenaria shell (valve)

Proper noun

Mercenaria mercenaria f

1. A taxonomic species within the family Veneridae – the northern quahog, native to the east coasts of North America, also known as hard clam, quahog (or quahaug), round clam, hard-shell clam, or hard-shelled clam.

References

• hard clam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Veneridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mercenaria mercenaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Mercenaria mercenaria at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Mercenaria mercenaria at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Mercenaria_mercenaria at Animal Diversity Web
• Mercenaria mercenaria at World Register of Marine Species
• Mercenaria mercenaria at Paleobiology Database