Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae
Alternative spellings: Hysteroconcha (Lamelliconcha), Pitaria (Lamelliconcha)
Parent taxon: Pitarinae according to W. P. Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Amiantis, Callocardia, Callpita, Hysteroconcha, Lepidocardia, Pitar, Lioconcha, Katherinella, Trigonocallista, Goshoraia, Marwickia, Pelecyora, Pseudopisidum, Rhaiphiale, Agriopoma, Rhabdopitaria, Pseudaphrodina, Chimela, Loxo, Austrocallista, Dollfusia, Aphrodina, Pseudamiantis, Costacallista, Notocallista, Mesocallista, Larma, Naulia, Egrona, Nutricola, Rohea, Saxidomus, Callistina, Gilbertharrisella, Nitidavenus, Dosiniopsis, Callistalox
Subtaxa: none
Type: Cytherea concinna
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Ecuador (2), Panama (1), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Colombia (4), Costa Rica (9)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), Colombia (7), the Dominican Republic (4), Ecuador (4), India (2), Panama (35), Peru (4), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Ecuador (1), Peru (2), United States (5: Oregon, Washington)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon)
• Eocene of Panama (6), Peru (12), United States (35: California, Oregon, Washington)
Total: 139 collections including 143 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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