#Venus_mercenaria__quahog__quahaug__hard-shell_clam__round_clam__roundclam__Mercenaria_mercenaria  an edible American clam
  supertype:  clam  burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud
  subtype:  littleneck_clam  cherrystone_clam
  part:  quahaug
  member of:  genus_Venus__Venus  type genus of the family Veneridae: genus of edible clams with thick oval shells
     member of:  family_Veneridae__Veneridae  hard-shell clams
        member of:  order_Myaceae__Myaceae  clams
           member of:  class_Bivalvia__Bivalvia__Lamellibranchia__class_Lamellibranchia__class_Pelecypoda  oysters; clams; scallops; mussels
              member of:  phylum_Mollusca__Mollusca  gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons
                 member of:  kingdom_Animalia__Animalia__animal_kingdom  taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals

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