Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae
Parent taxon: Pitarinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Freneix et al. 1988, Marasti 1973, Sepkoski 2002, Squires 1999 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Amiantis, Callocardia, Callpita, Hysteroconcha, Lepidocardia, Pitar, Lioconcha, Katherinella, Trigonocallista, Goshoraia, Marwickia, 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, Lamelliconcha
Subtaxa: Pelecyora (Cardiopsis) Pelecyora (Cordiopsis) Pelecyora (Pelecyora) Pelecyora (Sinodiopsis) Pelecyora aequilateralis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Thailand (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Algeria (3), Italy (4), Spain (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (3), Austria (4), Belgium (2), Bulgaria (3), Germany (9), Italy (10), Poland (2), Portugal (1), Slovakia (1)
• Oligocene of Austria (5), Belgium (4), Bulgaria (1), France (36), Germany (1), Romania (3)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), Bulgaria (5), Denmark (1), India (1), Nigeria (6), Romania (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (27: Alabama, California, Oregon)
Total: 138 collections including 144 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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