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An old quahog shell that has been bored (producing Entobia) and encrusted after the death of the clam. Western Atlantic Ocean: 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 ...
This species is also known by a number of different common names, including Icelandic cyprine, [1] mahogany clam, mahogany quahog, black quahog, and black clam. [ 2 ] The typical A. islandia resembles the quahog , but the shell of the ocean quahog is rounder, the periostracum is usually black, and on the interior of the shell, the pallial line ...
quahog – pronounced "koe-hog," it properly refers to a specific species of clam but is also applied to any clam tonic (eastern Massachusetts) – soft drink [b] Northern New England
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How much do you know about quahogs, ... ‘Digging Clams’ seminar will take place Monday, June 24, at 7 p.m. at the West Warwick Elks Lodge, 60 Clyde St., West Warwick. (Food will be available ...
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.
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 ...