Mercenaria mercenaria vs Venus mercenaria

Mercenaria mercenaria and Venus mercenaria both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Mercenaria mercenaria	Yes	No	No	No
Venus mercenaria	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, Mercenaria mercenaria and Venus mercenaria are synonyms defined as:

Mercenaria mercenaria and Venus mercenaria: an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians

Other synonyms of Mercenaria mercenaria include hard-shell clam, hard clam, quahaug, quahog, round clam.

Mercenaria mercenaria (noun)	Venus mercenaria (noun)
an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians	an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians