Hysteroconcha lupanaria
{{Short description|Species of bivalve}}
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|image_caption = A shell of Hysteroconcha lupanaria
|genus = Hysteroconcha
|species = lupanaria
|authority = (Lesson, 1831)
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|synonyms =
- Cytherea lupanaria Lesson, 1831 (original combination)
- Cytherea semilamellosa Delessert, 1841
- Dione exspinata Reeve, 1863
- Pitar lupanaria (Lesson, 1831)
- Venus lupanaria (Lesson, 1831)
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Hysteroconcha lupanaria is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id593042/ 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
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
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- 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
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972225 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.]
- [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507708]
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Category:Bivalves described in 1831
Category:Taxa named by René Lesson
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