Pitar 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

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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.

References

  1. ↑ WMSDB – Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
  2. ↑ Biolib


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