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Pitar porrecta

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy

Cytherea porrecta was named by Koenen (1894) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Europe, Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pitar porrectus by Sacco (1900); it was recombined as Cytherea (Pitar) porrecta by Vredenburg (1928); it was recombined as Pitar porrecta by Iqbal (1969) and Iqbal (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. aldrichi, P. californiana, P. cosanguineus, P. matheroni, P. megacostata, P. nuttalliopsis, P. obliquata, P. poulsoni, P. protena, P. ripleyanus, P. sciena, P. sculpturata, P. semeliformis, P. soledadensis, P. stantoni, P. subnasuta, P. subpellucidum, P. swedani, P. thompsoni, P. turneri, P. turneri, P. kavranensis, P. striata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1894	Cytherea porrecta Koenen p. 1254 figs. pl. 87, fig. 8
1900	Pitar porrectus Sacco p. 20 figs. pl. 4, fig. 30
1928	Cytherea (Pitar) porrecta Vredenburg p. 451
1969	Pitar porrecta Iqbal p. 20
1980	Pitar porrecta Iqbal p. 31

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Veneroidei	(Gray 1854)
—	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Callocardiinae	(Dall 1895)
genus	Pitar	Römer 1857
species	porrecta	(Koenen 1894)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Pitar porrecta Koenen 1894

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-04 16:38:09

Modified:

2009-09-04 18:38:09

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 33.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 28.4	Pakistan	Cytherea porrecta (77158)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Pakistan	Cytherea porrecta (77159)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	India	Pitar porrecta (72084)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Pakistan	Pitar porrecta (77459)