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