Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Pitar according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Adegoke 1977, da Silva Forti 1969, Marasti 1973, Moore 1976, Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Rosenberg et al. 2006 and Stenzel et al. 1957
Sister taxa: Meretrix (Pitar) dalikiensis, Meretrix (Pitar) elliptica, Pitar (Calpitaria), Pitar (Chionella), Pitar (Cordiopsis), Pitar (Costellipitar), Pitar (Hyphantosoma), Pitar (Lamelliconcha), Pitar (Meisenia), Pitar (Nanopitar), Pitar (Omnivenus), Pitar (Paradione), Pitar (Pitar) nuttali, Pitar (Pitarenus), Pitar (Pitarina), Pitar addicotti, Pitar albidus, Pitar barbarensis, Pitar baylii, Pitar behri, Pitar cedroensis, Pitar colchaguana, Pitar cordatus, Pitar diabloensis, Pitar hataii, Pitar kotoi, Pitar mancorensis, Pitar morrhuanus, Pitar murphyi, Pitar ozakii, Pitar palmeri, Pitar parisiensis, Pitar petropolitanus, Pitar porrecta, Pitar quadratus, Pitar rostratus, Pitar salanga, Pitar sciaena, Pitar securiformis, Pitar simpsoni, Pitar sorachiensis, Pitar stocki, Pitar subarestus, Pitar transversus, Pitar uvasana, Pitar vancouverensis, Pitar vulnerata, Cytherea (Caryatis) pratti
Subtaxa: Pitar (Pitar) angelinae Pitar (Pitar) calvimontana Pitar (Pitar) carmenensis Pitar (Pitar) cercadica Pitar (Pitar) consanguineus Pitar (Pitar) corbulina Pitar (Pitar) coroanus Pitar (Pitar) dalli Pitar (Pitar) dinotus Pitar (Pitar) distincta Pitar (Pitar) euglyptus Pitar (Pitar) ewekoroensis Pitar (Pitar) gabrielensis Pitar (Pitar) helenae Pitar (Pitar) newcombianus Pitar (Pitar) ovatus Pitar (Pitar) quirosanus Pitar (Pitar) rudis Pitar (Pitar) sapotanus Pitar (Pitar) tumens Pitar (Pitar) yasila
Type: Cytherea tumens
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Italy (2), Mexico (1), Morocco (1), Spain (2), United States (9: California, South Carolina)
• Pliocene of Belgium (5), Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Ecuador (4), Italy (4), Jamaica (2), Panama (1), the United Kingdom (6), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (3)
• Miocene of Argentina (2), Brazil (1), Bulgaria (4), Colombia (1), the Dominican Republic (2), Italy (3), Morocco (3), Panama (14), Peru (1), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of United States (8: Alaska, Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene of Colombia (2), Panama (3), United States (54: Alabama, California, Georgia, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1), United States (28: Alabama, Maryland, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia)
Total: 173 collections including 180 occurrences