Quahog, Littleneck, Hard Clam, Hardshell Clam

The quahog (pronounced co-hog) is a native of North America, but has established for itself (via the kitchens of ocean liners) English colonies in Southampton Water and Portsmouth harbour; a piece of private molluscan enterprise which has prompted human entrepreneurs to start the culture of quahogs in the Isle of Wight. The species has also been introduced to the basin of the River Seudre in France. The French call it ‘clam’. It has also been introduced to certain harbours in the south of Ireland.