Hysteroconcha lupanaria

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|image_caption = A shell of Hysteroconcha lupanaria

|genus = Hysteroconcha

|species = lupanaria

|authority = (Lesson, 1831)

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  • 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.