Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae
Alternative spelling: Calliocardia (Agriopoma)
Synonyms: Agriopoma (Pitarella) Palmer 1927, Pitar (Pitarella) Palmer 1927, Pitarella Palmer 1927
Parent taxon: Pitarinae according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012, Gardner 1943, Olsson 1931, Olsson and Richards 1961, Sepkoski 2002 and Todd 2001
Sister taxa: Amiantis, Callocardia, Callpita, Hysteroconcha, Goshoraia, Callistalox, Dollfusia, Katherinella, Rohea, Pelecyora, Lepidocardia, Notocallista, Saxidomus, Marwickia, Rhaiphiale, Trigonocallista, Dosiniopsis, Costacallista, Pitar, Naulia, Pseudopisidum, Austrocallista, Gilbertharrisella, Lamelliconcha, Callistina, Loxo, Aphrodina, Nitidavenus, Pseudamiantis, Chimela, Nutricola, Mesocallista, Lioconcha, Rhabdopitaria, Pseudaphrodina, Larma, Egrona
Subtaxa: Agriopoma (Pitarella) calceola Agriopoma (Pitarella) chiraensis Agriopoma (Pitarella) paraguanensis Agriopoma (Pitarella) tumbezana Pitar (Pitarella) colombiana Pitarella (Pitarella)
Type: Cytherea texasiana
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), Ecuador (2), Panama (1), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Chile (1), Colombia (1), Mexico (1), Panama (3), United States (2: Florida), Venezuela (9)
• Oligocene of Colombia (1)
• Eocene of Colombia (3), Peru (1)
Total: 29 collections each including a single occurrence
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