hard clam

species of mollusc
Taxon taxon Q2279087
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hard clam

Summary

hard clam is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (322 views/month, #1,372 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • hard clam's image is recorded as Mercenaria mercenaria.jpg[3].
  • hard clam's instance of is recorded as taxon[4].
  • hard clam's taxon rank is recorded as species[5].
  • hard clam's parent taxon is recorded as Mercenaria[6].
  • hard clam's taxon name is recorded as Mercenaria mercenaria[7].
  • hard clam's Commons category is recorded as Mercenaria mercenaria[8].
  • hard clam's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08j34x[9].
  • hard clam's UNII is recorded as 5SMQ026L9B[10].
  • hard clam's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6596[11].
  • hard clam's ITIS TSN is recorded as 81496[12].
  • hard clam's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 108656[13].
  • hard clam's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2287668[14].
  • hard clam's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 141919[15].
  • hard clam's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mercenaria mercenaria[16].
  • hard clam's Commons gallery is recorded as Mercenaria mercenaria[17].
  • hard clam's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[18].
  • hard clam's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as animal/northern-quahog[19].
  • hard clam's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. mercenaria'}[20].
  • hard clam's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Amerikaanse venusschelp'}[21].
  • hard clam's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'amasuela americana'}[22].
  • hard clam's taxon common name is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'trda ladinka'}[23].
  • hard clam's Dyntaxa ID is recorded as 261401[24].
  • hard clam's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0998166[25].
  • hard clam's EPPO Code is recorded as MERCME[26].
  • hard clam's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 125758[27].

Why It Matters

hard clam ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (322 views/month, #1,372 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Fossilworks. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Dyntaxa. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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