Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae
Alternative spellings: Hysteroconcha (Lamelliconcha), Pitaria (Lamelliconcha)
Parent taxon: Pitarinae according to W. P. Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Amiantis, Callocardia, Callpita, Hysteroconcha, Trigonocallista, Nutricola, Marwickia, Katherinella, Pseudamiantis, Egrona, Notocallista, Pseudaphrodina, Larma, Austrocallista, Aphrodina, Agriopoma, Pelecyora, Rhabdopitaria, Lepidocardia, Goshoraia, Mesocallista, Gilbertharrisella, Naulia, Chimela, Pseudopisidum, Nitidavenus, Costacallista, Rhaiphiale, Callistalox, Rohea, Callistina, Dosiniopsis, Saxidomus, Lioconcha, Dollfusia, Pitar, Loxo
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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