Mercenaria stimpsoni

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

Last updated August 16, 2025

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

Its maximum lifespan is at least 92 years.^[3]

References

↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mercenaria stimpsoni (Gould, 1861)". www.marinespecies.org.
↑ "Mercenaria stimpsoni (Gould, 1861)". www.gbif.org.
↑ Shirai, Kotaro; Kubota, Kaoru; Murakami-Sugihara, Naoko; Seike, Koji; Hakozaki, Masataka; Tanabe, Kazushige (February 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.

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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 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.

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