''Hysteroconcha'' is a
genus
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of saltwater clams,
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bivalve
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mollusc
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s in the subfamily
Callocardiinae of the family
Veneridae
The Veneridae or venerids, common name: Venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. Over 500 living species of venerid bivalves are known, most of which are edible, and many of which are e ...
, the Venus clams.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Hysteroconcha Dall, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=492495 on 2022-01-20]
Species
* ''
Hysteroconcha brevispinosa''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
* ''
Hysteroconcha dione''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''
Hysteroconcha lupanaria''
(Lesson, 1831)
* ''
Hysteroconcha multispinosa''
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
* ''
Hysteroconcha rosea''
(Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
;Synonyms:
* ''Hysteroconcha alternata''
(Broderip, 1835): synonym of ''
Lamelliconcha alternata''
(Broderip, 1835)
* ''Hysteroconcha callicomata''
(Dall, 1902): synonym of ''
Lamelliconcha callicomata''
(Dall, 1902)
* ''Hysteroconcha circinata''
(Born, 1778): synonym of ''
Lamelliconcha circinata
''Lamelliconcha circinata'', common name the "purple venus clam", is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. This species can be found around the coasts of the islands in the West Indies
The West Indies is ...
''
(Born, 1778)
* ''Hysteroconcha concinna''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1835): synonym of ''
Lamelliconcha concinna''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
* ''Hysteroconcha dautzenbergi''
Prashad, 1932: synonym of ''
Lioconcha philippinarum''
(Hanley, 1844)
* ''Hysteroconcha hesperia''
(Berry, 1960): synonym of ''
Lamelliconcha alternata''
(Broderip, 1835)
* ''Hysteroconcha paytensis''
(d'Orbigny, 1845): synonym of ''
Lamelliconcha paytensis''
(d'Orbigny, 1845)
* ''Hysteroconcha tortuosa''
(Broderip, 1835): synonym of ''
Lamelliconcha tortuosa''
(Broderip, 1835)
* ''Hysteroconcha unicolor''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1835): synonym of ''
Lamelliconcha unicolor''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
* ''Hysteroconcha vinacea''
(Olsson, 1961): synonym of ''
Lamelliconcha vinacea''
Olsson, 1961
References
* Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp
External links
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Bivalve genera