Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spellings: Hyphantosoma, Pitaria (Hyphantosoma)
Parent taxon: Pitar according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Meretrix (Pitar) dalikiensis, Meretrix (Pitar) elliptica, Pitar (Calpitaria), Pitar (Chionella), Pitar (Cordiopsis), Pitar (Costellipitar), 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 morrhuanus, Pitar murphyi, Pitar oregonensis, 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, Cytherea (Caryatis) pratti
Subtaxa: Pitar (Hyphantosoma) carbaseus Pitar (Hyphantosoma) centangulatus Pitar (Hyphantosoma) simonnei
Type: Cytherea carbasea
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2), Jamaica (2), Panama (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1)
• Miocene of India (2), New Zealand (1), Panama (10), United States (1: Florida), Venezuela (2)
Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence