Pitaria buenavistana Hodson 1927 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Belongs to Pitaria according to H. K. Hodson 1927

Sister taxa: Pitaria (Pitaria), Pitaria altoumbonata, Pitaria ashiyaensis, Pitaria baldryi, Pitaria behri, Pitaria calcanea, Pitaria californiana, Pitaria concinna, Pitaria conradi, Pitaria intica, Pitaria kyushuensis, Pitaria lorenzana, Pitaria matsumotoi, Pitaria obscurate, Pitaria palmeri, Pitaria praenominata, Pitaria silicifluvia, Pitaria sorrentoensis, Pitaria takashimaensis, Pitaria verticala, Pitaria yasila, Pitaria yokoyamai

Subtaxa: Pitaria buenavistana buchivacoana

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Type specimen: PRI (no number), a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pitaria buenavistana in the database

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