• Thumbnail for Hard clam
    The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), also known as the round clam, hard-shell (or hard-shelled) clam, or the quahog, is an edible marine bivalve mollusk...
    12 KB (1,410 words) - 01:04, 12 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mercenaria
    Mercenaria is a genus of edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. The genus Mercenaria includes the quahogs...
    5 KB (417 words) - 19:54, 14 October 2023
  • M. mercenaria may refer to: Menippe mercenaria, the Florida stone crab, an edible crab species found in the western North Atlantic, from North Carolina...
    546 bytes (105 words) - 06:54, 29 November 2015
  • Thumbnail for Florida stone crab
    The Florida stone crab (Menippe mercenaria) is a crab found in the western North Atlantic, from Connecticut to Colombia, including Texas, the Gulf of Mexico...
    11 KB (1,216 words) - 13:07, 3 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Clam
    of Canada, the term "clam" most often refers to the hard clam, Mercenaria mercenaria. It may also refer to a few other common edible species, such as...
    23 KB (2,455 words) - 22:43, 10 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Veneridae
    important commercially, such as (in the USA) the hard clam or quahog, Mercenaria mercenaria. The classification within the family Veneridae has been controversial...
    15 KB (1,282 words) - 01:55, 11 June 2024
  • Mercenaria stimpsoni is a species of saltwater clam. The species lives at least 92 years. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mercenaria stimpsoni...
    1 KB (91 words) - 20:46, 31 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wampum
    purple shell beads made from the quahog or poquahock clamshell Mercenaria mercenaria. Sewant or zeewant was the term used for this currency by the New...
    21 KB (2,400 words) - 17:37, 16 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mercenaria campechiensis
    Mercenaria campechiensis is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Veneridae. Right and left valve of the same specimen: Right valve Left valve The...
    976 bytes (45 words) - 08:17, 17 April 2024
  • were cut from the purple part of the shell of the marine bivalve Mercenaria mercenaria, more commonly known as the hard clam or quahog. White beads were...
    16 KB (1,916 words) - 09:37, 12 May 2024