''Hysteroconcha'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of saltwater clams,
marine bivalve
Bivalvia () or bivalves, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of aquatic animal, aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed b ...
mollusc
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the subfamily
Callocardiinae of the family
Veneridae
The Veneridae or venerids, common name: Venus (mythology), 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 m ...
, 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
''Hysteroconcha lupanaria'' is a species of marine (ocean), marine bivalve mollusc in the family (biology), family Veneridae, the Venus clams.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Hysteroconcha lupanaria (Lesson, 1831). Accessed through: World ...
''
(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
''Lamelliconcha'' is a genus of molluscs in the subfamily Callocardiinae of the family Veneridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Lamelliconcha Dall, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies. ...
''
(Broderip, 1835)
* ''Hysteroconcha callicomata''
(Dall, 1902): synonym of ''
Lamelliconcha callicomata
''Lamelliconcha'' is a genus of molluscs in the subfamily Callocardiinae of the family Veneridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Lamelliconcha Dall, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies. ...
''
(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 an i ...
''
(Born, 1778)
* ''Hysteroconcha concinna''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1835): synonym of ''
Lamelliconcha concinna
''Lamelliconcha'' is a genus of molluscs in the subfamily Callocardiinae of the family Veneridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Lamelliconcha Dall, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies. ...
''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
* ''Hysteroconcha dautzenbergi''
Prashad, 1932: synonym of ''
Lioconcha philippinarum
''Lioconcha'' is a genus of molluscs in the family Veneridae.Van der Meij, S.E.T., Moolenbeek, R.G., & Dekker, H. (2010). "The ''Lioconcha castrensis'' species group (Bivalvia: Veneridae) with the description of two new species." ''Molluscan Res ...
''
(Hanley, 1844)
* ''Hysteroconcha hesperia''
(Berry, 1960): synonym of ''
Lamelliconcha alternata
''Lamelliconcha'' is a genus of molluscs in the subfamily Callocardiinae of the family Veneridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Lamelliconcha Dall, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies. ...
''
(Broderip, 1835)
* ''Hysteroconcha paytensis''
(d'Orbigny, 1845): synonym of ''
Lamelliconcha paytensis
''Lamelliconcha'' is a genus of molluscs in the subfamily Callocardiinae of the family Veneridae
The Veneridae or venerids, common name: Venus (mythology), Venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bi ...
''
(d'Orbigny, 1845)
* ''Hysteroconcha tortuosa''
(Broderip, 1835): synonym of ''
Lamelliconcha tortuosa
''Lamelliconcha'' is a genus of molluscs in the subfamily Callocardiinae of the family Veneridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Lamelliconcha Dall, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies. ...
''
(Broderip, 1835)
* ''Hysteroconcha unicolor''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1835): synonym of ''
Lamelliconcha unicolor
''Lamelliconcha'' is a genus of molluscs in the subfamily Callocardiinae of the family Veneridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Lamelliconcha Dall, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies. ...
''
(G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
* ''Hysteroconcha vinacea''
(Olsson, 1961): synonym of ''
Lamelliconcha vinacea
''Lamelliconcha'' is a genus of molluscs in the subfamily Callocardiinae of the family Veneridae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Lamelliconcha Dall, 1902. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies. ...
''
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
Bivalve genera
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