Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Full reference: B. L. Clark and J. W. Durham. 1946. Eocene Faunas from the Department of Bolivar, Colombia. Geological Society of America Memoir 16:1-126
Belongs to Pitar (Pitar) according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Clark and Durham 1946
Sister taxa: Pitar (Pitar) angelinae, Pitar (Pitar) calvimontana, 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 specimen: CAS 7915, a shell. Its type locality is C.A.S. locality 31694, Colombia, which is in the Bartonian of sandstone Colombia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Colombia (1 collection), Panama (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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