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An old quahog shell that has been bored (producing Entobia) and encrusted after the death of the clam. Hard clams are quite common throughout New England, north into Canada, and all down the Eastern seaboard of the United States to Florida; but they are particularly abundant between Cape Cod and New Jersey, where seeding and harvesting them is an important commercial form of aquaculture.
Native to the west coast of Canada and the northwest coast of the United States (primarily Washington and British Columbia), these marine bivalve mollusks are the largest burrowing clams in the world, weighing in at an average of 0.7 kilograms (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 lb) at maturity, but specimens weighing over 7 kilograms (15 lb) and as much as 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in length are not unheard of.
The largest RI quahog: Boy digs up biggest one ever found, then gives it away. The clam, nicknamed Little Rhody, came in at 5.75 inches across and weighed 2 pounds, 7.75 ounces.
Mercenaria is a genus of edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. [1]Left valve interior of Mercenaria mercenaria. The genus Mercenaria includes the quahogs, consisting of Mercenaria mercenaria, the northern quahog or hard clam, and M. campechiensis, the southern quahog.
A quahog can get quite old, each line on its shell is a growth ring. You can count the rings to determine the quahog’s age. Researchers estimate that the largest quahogs (about four inches in ...
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The clam was initially named Ming by Sunday Times journalists, in reference to the Ming dynasty in China, during which it was born. [1] Later, the Icelandic researchers on the cruise which discovered the clam named it Hafrún, a woman's name which translates roughly as 'the mystery of the ocean'; taken from haf, 'ocean', and rún, 'mystery'. [4]
Mercenaria campechiensis, also known as the southern hardshell clam, [1] southern hard clam, [2] and southern quahog, [3] [4] is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Veneridae. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The species is found in western North Atlantic north to New Jersey (USA), including the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico [ 5 ] [ 6 ] in waters ...