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    Species Accepted

    Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

    American hard-shelled clam
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Mercenaria

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

      1 result
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      United KingdomNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      30 results
      Almeja dura Spanish
      American hard-shelled clam English
      Amerikaanse venusschelp Dutch
      Cherrystone Clam English
      Hard-shelled clam English
      Littleneck Clam English
      Northern quahog English
      Nördliche Quahog-Muschel German
      Qahog English
      Topneck Clam English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      26 results
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      Anton, H. E. (1837). Diagnosen einiger neuen Conchylien-Arten. Archiv Für Naturgeschichte, 3. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=378840
      Chabot, R., & Rossignol, A. (2003). Algues et faune du littoral du Saint-Laurent maritime: Guide d’identification. Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski, Rimouski; Pêches et Océans Canada (Institut Maurice-Lamontagne), Mont-Joli. 113 pages. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=145895
      Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK., 627 pp. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001
      Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France, 307 pp. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=9269
      Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, 43: 419–453. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420037449.ch8 10.1201/9781420037449.ch8
      Gofas, S., Le Renard, J., & Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels, 50: 180–213. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=1364
      Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm], 1. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542 10.5962/bhl.title.542
      Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=261686
      Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut Voor Natuurwetenschappen, Brussels, Belgium : 106. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=2

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