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venus mer·ce·nar·i·a

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  1. quahog, quahaug, hard-shell clam, hard clam, round clam, Venus mercenaria, Mercenaria mercenarianoun

    an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians

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  1. venus mercenaria

    The hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), also known as the round clam, hard-shell (or hard-shelled) clam, or the quahog, is an edible marine bivalve mollusk that is native to the eastern shores of North America and Central America from Prince Edward Island to the Yucatán Peninsula. It is one of many unrelated edible bivalves that in the United States are frequently referred to simply as clams, as in the expression "clam digging". Older literature sources may use the systematic name Venus mercenaria; this species is in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. Confusingly, the "ocean quahog" is a different species, Arctica islandica, which, although superficially similar in shape, is in a different family of bivalves: it is rounder than the hard clam, usually has black periostracum, and there is no pallial sinus in the interior of the shell.

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  1. venus mercenaria

    Venus Mercenaria, commonly referred to as the hard clam, northern quahog, round clam, or hard-shell clam, is a marine bivalve mollusk species. It is native to the eastern shores of North and Central America and is used extensively for culinary purposes. It's one of the most popular and commercially important clams in the United States. It's also known for being the species from which wampum, a type of sacred jewelry among Northeastern Native American tribes, was traditionally made.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of venus mercenaria in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of venus mercenaria in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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