Hysteroconcha lupanaria is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.[1][2]
Hysteroconcha lupanaria | |
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A shell of Hysteroconcha lupanaria | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Family: | Veneridae |
Genus: | Hysteroconcha |
Species: | H. lupanaria
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Binomial name | |
Hysteroconcha lupanaria (Lesson, 1831)
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Synonyms | |
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Description
editThe 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
editThis 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.