Mercenaria
Sign in to saveMercenaria 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. thumb|150px|left|Left valve interior of Mercenaria mercenaria
Species
Northern Quahog
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderVenerida
- FamilyVeneridae
Habitatmarine
Observations6,712
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Research
452 papers- Disseminated neoplasia in cultured hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria).Veterinary pathology · 2023
- Comparison of the flavor qualities between two varieties of Mercenaria mercenaria.Scientific reports · 2023
- Sublethal effects on the hard clam Mercenaria mercenaria after exposure to Aureococcus anophagefferens Chinese strain isolates.Harmful algae · 2023
- Metabolic response of Mercenaria mercenaria under heat and hypoxia stress by widely targeted metabolomic approach.The Science of the total environment · 2022
- Immunological assays of hemocytes in the Northern Quahog Mercenaria mercenaria.Fish & shellfish immunology · 2021
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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. thumb|150px|left|Left valve interior of Mercenaria mercenaria
==Species== The World Register of Marine Species accepts the following extant species as valid: Mercenaria browni Petuch & Berschauer, 2019 Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791) – Southern quahog Mercenaria hartae Petuch, 2013 Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758) – Northern quahog Mercenaria stimpsoni (Gould, 1861) – Stimpson's hard clam Mercenaria texana (Dall, 1902)