Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Cytherea despecta

Full reference: G.P. Deshayes. 1857. Description des Animaux sans Vertébres découverts dans le Bassin des Paris 1(2):81-392

Belongs to Pitar (Chionella) according to J. Le Renard and J.-M. Pacaud 1995

See also Deshayes 1857

Sister taxa: Macrocallista (Chionella) perduensis, Pitar (Chionella) lunularia, Pitar (Chionella) ovalina

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pitar (Chionella) despecta in the database

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