Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combinations: Callocardia (Agriopoma) morrhuana, Callocardia morrhuana, Cytherea morrhuana, Pitar morrhuana, Pitar morrhuanna
Synonyms: Callocardia (Agriopoma) sayana Conrad 1833, Cytherea sayana Conrad 1833, Dione sayana Conrad 1833, Meretrix sayana Conrad 1833, Pitar sayana Conrad 1833, Pitaria (Pitaria) sayana Conrad 1833, Venus sayana Conrad 1833
Belongs to Pitar according to A. J. W. Hendy et al. 2008
See also Coch 1971, DuBar 1962, Gardner 1943, Glenn 1904, Rosenberg 2005 and Spencer and Campbell 1987
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 cedroensis, Pitar colchaguana, Pitar cordatus, Pitar diabloensis, Pitar hataii, Pitar kotoi, Pitar mancorensis, 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
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (33: Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)
• Pliocene of United States (13: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of United States (2: Maryland, New Jersey)
Total: 48 collections each including a single occurrence
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