Pitar (Cordiopsis) (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative spellings: Cordiopsis, Pelecyora (Cardiopsis), Sinodia (Cordiopsis)

Parent taxon: Pitar according to O. Mandic and F. F. Steininger 2003

See also Pacaud and Le Renard 1995, Prasad et al. 1988 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Meretrix (Pitar) dalikiensis, Meretrix (Pitar) elliptica, Pitar (Calpitaria), Pitar (Chionella), Pitar (Costellipitar), Pitar (Hyphantosoma), Pitar (Lamelliconcha), Pitar (Meisenia), Pitar (Nanopitar), Pitar (Omnivenus), Pitar (Paradione), Pitar (Pitar), Pitar (Pitar) nuttali, Pitar (Pitarenus), Pitar (Pitarina), Pitar addicotti, Pitar albidus, Pitar barbarensis, Pitar baylii, Pitar cedroensis, Pitar colchaguana, Pitar cordatus, Pitar diabloensis, Pitar hataii, Pitar kotoi, Pitar mancorensis, Pitar morrhuanus, Pitar murphyi, Pitar oregonensis, 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, Cytherea (Caryatis) pratti

Subtaxa: Cordiopsis incrassata Pelecyora (Cardiopsis) subathooensis Sinodia (Cordiopsis) suborbicularis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (3 collections), Belgium (1)

• Oligocene of Austria (5), Belgium (4), Bulgaria (1), France (36), Germany (1), Romania (3)

• Eocene of Bulgaria (5), India (1), Nigeria (5), Romania (2), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 68 collections including 71 occurrences

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