Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Calpitaria sulcataria, Calpitaria sulcatarius, Cytherea sulcataria, Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcataria, Pitar sulcataria, Pitar sulcatarius, Pitar sulcatoria, Pitar sulcatorius
Belongs to Pitar (Calpitaria) according to P. Jeffery and S. Tracey 1997
See also Le Renard and Pacaud 1995, Stenzel et al. 1957 and Wozny 1977
Sister taxa: Pitar (Calpitaria) campi, Pitar (Calpitaria) carteri, Pitar (Calpitaria) obliqua, Pitar (Calpitaria) petropolitanus, Pitar (Calpitaria) sainceyensis, Pitar (Calpitaria) texacola, Pitar (Calpitaria) texibrazus, Pitar (Calpitaria) tornadonis, Pitar (Calpitaria) vaginacarum
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (2 collections), Bulgaria (1), Egypt (2), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (13)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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