Hysteroconcha lupanaria
(Redirected from Pitar lupanaria)
| Hysteroconcha lupanaria | |
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| A shell of Hysteroconcha lupanaria | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Hysteroconcha |
| Species: | H. lupanaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Hysteroconcha lupanaria (Lesson, 1831) | |
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Hysteroconcha lupanaria is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.[1][2]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]This species is found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
References
[edit]- ↑ Biolib
- ↑ 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.
External links
[edit]- Reeve, L. A. (1863-1864). Monograph of the genus Dione. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 14, pls. 1-12 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
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