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Venus mercenaria. Like many seafoods, clams are often re- garded as a potent aphrodisiac, especially the common hard- shell clam Venus mercenaria. This quahog gets its last name from the Indian wampum beads used in commerce. It probably boasts its suggestive first name because Venus has often been depicted standing in a large seashell. A good example is Sandro Botticelli’s famed The Birth of Venus, sometimes jocularly called “Venus on the Half Shell.” |