Venus mercenaria

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Proper noun

Venus mercenaria f

1. (archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Veneridae – now Mercenaria mercenaria, the hard clam, an edible clam found along the Atlantic Coast of North America.

References

• Hard clam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Veneridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mercenaria mercenaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons