Hysteroconcha lupanaria

Pitar lupanaria
	A shell of Pitar lupanaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Veneroida
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Pitar
Species:	P. lupanaria
Binomial name
	Pitar lupanaria; (Lesson, 1831)
Synonyms
	Hysteroconcha lupanaria (R.P. Lesson, 1831); Hysteroconcha exspinata L.A. Reeve, 1863; Venus lupanaria R.P. Lesson, 1831; Pitar lupinaria R.P. Lesson, 1830; Periglypta semilamellosa F.M. Delessert, 1841;

Pitar (Hysteroconcha) lupanaria is a species of Venus clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. ^[2]

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

WoRMS info

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[fa-1] WMSDB – Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base

[2] Biolib

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