Mercenaria

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin mercenarius (“hired for pay”). === Proper noun === Mercenaria f A taxonomic genus within the family Veneridae – the quahog and similar edible clams with a hard shell found along the Atlantic Coast of North America. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Bivalvia – class; Autobranchia – subclass; Heteroconchia – superorder; Venerida – order; Veneroidea – superfamily; Veneridae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Mercenaria mercenaria (hard clam); for other species see Mercenaria at World Register of Marine Species === References === Mercenaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Veneridae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Mercenaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Mercenaria at National Center for Biotechnology Information Mercenaria at AnimalBase Mercenaria at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Mercenaria at World Register of Marine Species