Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Cytherea transversa, Pitar (Calpitaria) transversa
Belongs to Pitar according to Tracey et al. 1995
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 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 simiensis, Pitar simpsoni, Pitar sinedepressa, Pitar sorachiensis, Pitar stocki, Pitar subarestus, Pitar uvasana, Pitar vancouverensis, Pitar vulnerata, Cytherea (Caryatis) pratti
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Units S1-S9, Selsey Peninsula, West Sussex (Eocene of the United Kingdom)
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