Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Venus baylii

Belongs to Pitar according to M. Griffin and S. N. Nielsen 2008

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), Pitar (Pitar) nuttali, Pitar (Pitarenus), Pitar (Pitarina), Pitar addicotti, Pitar albidus, Pitar barbarensis, 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 simiensis, Pitar simpsoni, Pitar sinedepressa, Pitar sorachiensis, Pitar stocki, Pitar subarestus, Pitar transversus, Pitar uvasana, Pitar vancouverensis, Pitar vulnerata, Cytherea (Caryatis) pratti

Type specimen: MNHN-Gg2002/48, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pitar baylii in the database

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