Hysteroconcha

Hysteroconcha
Scientific 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

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

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