Hysteroconcha lupanaria
A shell of Hysteroconcha lupanaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Hysteroconcha
Species:
H. lupanaria
Binomial name
Hysteroconcha lupanaria
(Lesson, 1831)
Synonyms
  • Cytherea lupanaria Lesson, 1831 (original combination)
  • Cytherea semilamellosa Delessert, 1841
  • Dione exspinata Reeve, 1863
  • Pitar lupanaria (Lesson, 1831)
  • Venus lupanaria (Lesson, 1831)

Hysteroconcha lupanaria is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.[1][2]

Description

The shell of this species is unusual in that it has a double series of long, curved spines on the posterior slope of each valve. A closely related species which occurs in the Western Atlantic is Pitar dione.

Distribution

This species is found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. Biolib
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Hysteroconcha lupanaria (Lesson, 1831). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507708 on 2022-01-20
  • Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
  • Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
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