quahog

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And the ocean quahog, a type of clam that can live more than 500 years, making it the longest living animal, is predicted to struggle.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2025

McManus said the hunt for an answer to the quahog decline is complex.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023

He determined that Abra-clam was part of the mercenaria campechiensis species, also known as the southern quahog.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2023

And then pearl like this thing that the cousin to the quahog has in oysters and, you know, suddenly then they’re back to plain rock.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 22, 2020

Doctor Gordon’s private hospital crowned a grassy rise at the end of a long, secluded drive that had been whitened with broken quahog shells.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath