Venus mercenaria

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Proper noun

Venus mercenaria f

(archaic) A taxonomic species within the family Veneridae – now Mercenaria mercenaria, the hard clam, an edible clam found along the Atlantic Coast of North America.

References

Hard clam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Veneridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Mercenaria mercenaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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