HKBU biologists discover two new windowpane shell species

By PR Newswire 16 Dec, 2024 2 mins read 23 views

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HKBU biologists discover two new windowpane shell species

HONG KONG, Dec. 16, 2024 -- Biologists from Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have discovered two new species of windowpane shell at Mai Po, Hong Kong and in the South China Sea. Also known as the windowpane oyster or capiz shell, the windowpane shell is a small group of saltwater bivalves belonging to the genus Placuna under the family Placunidae. Their discovery brings the total number of species in this genus from five to seven worldwide.

Professor Qiu Jianwen (centre), Lin Yitao (left), PhD student, and Li Yixuan (right), Post-doctoral Research Fellow of the Department of Biology of HKBU have discovered two new species of windowpane shell from Hong Kong and in the South China Sea.

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