Hysteroconcha lupanaria
Appearance
Pitar lupanaria | |
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A shell of Pitar lupanaria | |
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Species: | P. lupanaria
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Pitar lupanaria (Lesson, 1831)
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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.
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