Pitar lupanaria
Pitar lupanaria (Hysteroconcha lupanaria) is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.[2]
| Pitar lupanaria | |
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| A shell of Pitar lupanaria | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Pitar |
| Species: | P. lupanaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Pitar lupanaria (Lesson, 1831) | |
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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.
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