Biology:Pitar lupanaria

Short description: Species of bivalve

Pitar lupanaria
A shell of Pitar lupanaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Family:	Veneridae
Subfamily:	Callocardiinae
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 lupanaria (Hysteroconcha lupanaria) is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.

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

Wikidata ☰ Q7198626 entry