Mercenaria mercenaria (Hard Clam)

Illustration of Menippe mercenaria (Florida Stone Crab)

Illustration of hard clam aquaculture pen

Illustration of razor clam

Illustration of clam

Illustration of Corbicula fluminea

Illustration of Tridacna gigas (Giant Clam), which is classified Vulnerable by the IUCN due to overharvesting

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The Atlantic Rangia or wedge clam Rangia cuneata originates from the Gulf of Mexico. From there this bivalve colonized the Atlantic coast of North-America and Europe. The species mainly live in estuaries, brackish and freshwater. In ports, the Atlantic Rangia can become a pest as it establishes itself in industrial cooling pipes where it can obstruct optimal water flow