🐚Hard clam
Mercenaria mercenaria é uma espécie comestível de amêijoa nativa da América do Norte, estendendo-se a sua presença desde a Ilha do Príncipe Eduardo, no Canadá, até à Península do Iucatão, no México. Em português, esta amêijoa é designada por amêijoa-mercenária ou clame-redonda.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Mercenaria mercenaria yet.
- Body mass
- not recorded
- Body length
- 0.13 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 106 years
Everything we know about the Hard clam
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body length0.13 mmaximum recorded, total lengthSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
Maximum lifespan106 yearsrecord 9 years · SeaLifeBaseAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0
Not recorded for Hard clam yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumMollusca
- ›classBivalvia
- ›orderVenerida
- ›familyVeneridae
- ›genusMercenaria
- ›speciesMercenaria mercenaria
- phylumMolluscs · Mollusca
- classClams, mussels & oysters · Bivalvia
- familyVeneridae
- genusMercenaria
All 9 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumMolluscs · Mollusca
- classClams, mussels & oysters · Bivalvia
- subclassHeterodonta
- superorderImparidentia
- orderVenerida
- superfamilyVeneroidea
- familyVeneridae
- genusMercenaria
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