| Hysteroconcha lupanaria | |
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| A shell of Hysteroconcha lupanaria | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Hysteroconcha |
| Species: | H. lupanaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Hysteroconcha lupanaria (Lesson, 1831) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hysteroconcha lupanaria is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. [1] [2]
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 .
This species is found in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Pinna is a genus of bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Pinnidae.
Spisula is a genus of medium-sized to large marine bivalve mollusks or clams in the subfazmily Mactrinae of the family Mactridae, commonly known as surf clams or trough shells.
Crassula aequilatera, known as the triangle shell, is a surf clam, a moderately large marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae.
Isognomon is a genus of marine bivalve mollusks which is related to the pearl oysters.
Petricola is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Petricolinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
Talochlamys zelandiae, common name the New Zealand fan shell, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the scallop family Pectinidae.
Ceratostoma, common name the "hornmouth" snails, is a genus of medium to large predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.
Stramonita haemastoma, common name the red-mouthed rock shell or the Florida dog winkle, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Muricidae, the rock snails.
Tucetona pectinata, or the comb bittersweet, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Glycymerididae.
Gregariella is a genus of mussels in the family Mytilidae.
Polymesoda floridana, or the maritime marsh clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cyrenidae.
Hysteroconcha dione or the elegant Venus clam, formerly known as Venus dione, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
Arcinella is a genus of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae.
Stewartia floridana is a bivalve of the family Lucinidae that is chemosymbiotic with sulfur-oxidizing bacteria.
Neripteron auriculatum is a species of brackish water and freshwater snail, an aquatic gastropod mollusk in the family Neritidae, the nerites.
Laternula is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Laternulidae.
Lophiotoma leucotropis, common name the light-wine turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Turridae, the turrids.
Pinna muricata is a species of bivalves belonging to the family Pinnidae.
Hysteroconcha is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Callocardiinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
Spathochlamys is a genus of scallops, marine bivalve molluscs in the taxonomic subfamily Pedinae of the family Pectinidae.
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