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Quahogs
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Quahogs

Mercenaria

Mercenaria is a genus of edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Northern Quahog

speciesMercenaria mercenaria

Southern Quahog

speciesMercenaria campechiensis

Texas Quahog

speciesMercenaria texana

Mercenaria stimpsoni

speciesMercenaria stimpsoni

Mercenaria browni

speciesMercenaria browni

Mercenaria hartae

speciesMercenaria hartae

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 125767.