Kingdom Animalia Family Veneridae Genus Pitar Order Veneroida | Class Bivalvia Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | |
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Similar Pitar, Circomphalus, Irus, Lioconcha, Veneroida | ||
Pitar (Hysteroconcha) lupanaria is a species of Venus clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.
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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
Pitar lupanaria Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA