Hysteroconcha is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Callocardiinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.[1]

Hysteroconcha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Hysteroconcha
Dall, 1902
Type species
Venus dione Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Dione Gray, 1847 (invalid: junior homonym of Dione Hübner, 1819 [Lepidoptera]; Hysteroconcha is a replacement name)
  • Hysteroconcha (Hysteroconcha) Dall, 1902· accepted, alternate representation

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References edit

  1. ^ 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
  • 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