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Panamic Comb Venus

Hysteroconcha lupanaria

Classification

Family
Veneridae

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

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 5