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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Invertebrates > Mollusca > Bivalvia > Mercenaria

Preferred term

Mercenaria  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Quahog
  • Quahogs

Note

  • as animal & food; general or unspecified; prefer specifics; as food, coordinate IM with SHELLFISH (IM)

Scope note

  • A genus of hard-shelled clams in the family Veneridae, class BIVALVIA, commonly called quahogs. They are found just below the surface in the subtidal or lower intertidal coastal waters.

History note

  • 2006

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D049891

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