Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Pitar matsumotoi
Full reference: T. Nagao. 1928. Palaeogene fossils of the Island of Kyushu, Japan Part II. Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University 12(1):11-140
Belongs to Pitaria according to T. Nagao 1928
See also Uozumi 1955
Sister taxa: Pitaria (Pitaria), Pitaria altoumbonata, Pitaria ashiyaensis, Pitaria baldryi, Pitaria behri, Pitaria buenavistana, Pitaria calcanea, Pitaria californiana, Pitaria concinna, Pitaria conradi, Pitaria intica, Pitaria kyushuensis, Pitaria lorenzana, Pitaria obscurate, Pitaria palmeri, Pitaria praenominata, Pitaria silicifluvia, Pitaria sorrentoensis, Pitaria takashimaensis, Pitaria verticala, Pitaria yasila, Pitaria yokoyamai
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (3 collections)
• Oligocene of Japan (10)
• Eocene of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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