Pitar lupanaria
Pitar lupanaria | |
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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 | |
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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
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