Taxonomic Hierarchy
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| Kingdom | Animalia
– Animal, animaux, animals |
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| Subkingdom | Bilateria
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| Infrakingdom | Protostomia
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| Superphylum | Lophozoa
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| Phylum | Mollusca
– mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks |
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| Class | Bivalvia Linnaeus, 1758
– bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra |
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| Subclass | Heterodonta Neumayr, 1884
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| Order | Veneroida H. Adams and A. Adams, 1856
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| Superfamily | Veneroidea Rafinesque, 1815
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| Family | Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
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| Genus | Mercenaria Schumacher, 1817
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| Species | Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
– northern quahog |
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| Subspecies | Mercenaria mercenaria texana (Dall, 1902) |
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