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Northern Quahog
Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Venerida »  family Veneridae - venus clams »  genus Mercenaria

Scientific synonyms

Venus mercenaria Linnaeus, 1758
Mercenaria violacea Schumacher, 1817

Other names

= Hard Clam
= Hard Shell Clam

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Images

Mercenaria mercenaria - Northern Quahog

Author: Jan Delsing

Mercenaria mercenaria - Northern Quahog

Author: Shellauction-Net Clanculus

Mercenaria mercenaria - Northern Quahog

Author: Shellauction-Net Clanculus

Mercenaria mercenaria - Northern Quahog

Author: Jan Delsing

Mercenaria mercenaria - Northern Quahog

Author: Jan Delsing

Mercenaria mercenaria - Northern Quahog

Author: Mikkelsen & Bieler

Taxon in country check-lists*

Atlantic Ocean, Europe: Netherlands, United Kingdom, North America: United States of America (Florida, North Carolina)

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Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus, 1758]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
CZ Pfleger V. (1999): České názvy živočichů III. Měkkýši (Mollusca), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 108 pp. [as Mercenaria mercenaria (LINNÉ, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 11 November 2013
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