Mercenaria — Details

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Depth range based on 472 specimens in 6 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 15 samples.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0 - 104.8
  Temperature range (°C): 9.208 - 24.381
  Nitrate (umol/L): 0.457 - 6.526
  Salinity (PPS): 32.282 - 36.149
  Oxygen (ml/l): 4.476 - 6.764
  Phosphate (umol/l): 0.110 - 0.624
  Silicate (umol/l): 0.868 - 3.916

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Depth range (m): 0 - 104.8

Temperature range (°C): 9.208 - 24.381

Nitrate (umol/L): 0.457 - 6.526

Salinity (PPS): 32.282 - 36.149

Oxygen (ml/l): 4.476 - 6.764

Phosphate (umol/l): 0.110 - 0.624

Silicate (umol/l): 0.868 - 3.916
 
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Mercenaria

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This article is about genus of clams. For other uses, see Mercenaria (disambiguation).

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.

Other species within the genus include the venus clam M. stimpsoni found in north Pacific waters.

All these species were formerly placed in the related genus Venus. Several other species are known only from fossils.

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Species

The World Register of Marine Species accepts the following extant species as valid: [1]

Fossil species

  • M. corrugata
  • M. druidi
  • M. ochlockoneensis
  • M. permagna
  • M. rileyi
  • M. tridacnoides

References

  1. ^ Mercenaria Schumacher, 1817 World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2011-09-30.

Miscellaneous information

Left valve interior of Mercenaria mercenaria.

The Mercenaria is the State Shell of Rhode Island.


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