Mercenaria stimpsoni is a species of saltwater clam.[1][2]

Mercenaria stimpsoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Mercenaria
Species:
M. stimpsoni
Binomial name
Mercenaria stimpsoni
(Gould, 1861)

The species lives at least 92 years.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mercenaria stimpsoni (Gould, 1861)". www.marinespecies.org.
  2. ^ "Mercenaria stimpsoni (Gould, 1861)". www.gbif.org.
  3. ^ Shirai, Kotaro; Kubota, Kaoru; Murakami-Sugihara, Naoko; Seike, Koji; Hakozaki, Masataka; Tanabe, Kazushige (February 1, 2018). "Stimpson's hard clam Mercenaria stimpsoni; A multi-decadal climate recorder for the northwest Pacific coast". Marine Environmental Research. 133: 49–56. Bibcode:2018MarER.133...49S. doi:10.1016/j.marenvres.2017.10.009. PMID 29229185 – via ScienceDirect.