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, Mercenaria mercenaria, the northern quahog or hard clam, and M. campechiensis, the southern quahog. These two species commonly hybridise where their ranges overlap. Mercenaria mercenaria is further subdivided in the marketplace and thence in the kitchen by size: the largest being the quahog or chowder clam, then smaller cherrystones, and smallest littlenecks; some markets also differentiate top necks which are intermediate in size between cherrystones and littlenecks. The smaller clams are eaten raw throughout New England, New York, and New Jersey; the larger clams are more suited for cooking.
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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, Mercenaria mercenaria, the northern quahog or hard clam, and M. campechiensis, the southern quahog. These two species commonly hybridise where their ranges overlap. Mercenaria mercenaria is further subdivided in the marketplace and thence in the kitchen by size: the largest being the quahog or chowder clam, then smaller cherrystones, and smallest littlenecks; some markets also differentiate top necks which are intermediate in size between cherrystones and littlenecks. The smaller clams are eaten raw throughout New England, New York, and New Jersey; the larger clams are more suited for cooking.
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Mercenaria is a genus of edibl ...... ed in the related genus Venus.
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Mercenaria è un genere di molluschi bivalvi della famiglia Veneridae.
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MercenariaFichier:LittleNeck c ...... t le nom vernaculaire de Clam.
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Schumacher, 1817
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Hard clams Mercenaria mercenaria
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Mercenaria is a genus of edibl ...... s are more suited for cooking.
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Mercenaria è un genere di molluschi bivalvi della famiglia Veneridae.
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MercenariaFichier:LittleNeck c ...... t le nom vernaculaire de Clam.
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Mercenaria
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Mercenaria
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Mercenaria
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