Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Tapes quadrata
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217
Belongs to Pitar according to R. B. Stewart 1930
See also Gabb 1864
Sister taxa: Meretrix (Pitar) dalikiensis, Meretrix (Pitar) elliptica, Pitar (Calpitaria), Pitar (Chionella), Pitar (Cordiopsis), Pitar (Costellipitar), Pitar (Hyphantosoma), Pitar (Lamelliconcha), Pitar (Meisenia), Pitar (Nanopitar), Pitar (Omnivenus), Pitar (Paradione), Pitar (Pitar), Pitar (Pitar) nuttali, Pitar (Pitarenus), Pitar (Pitarina), Pitar addicotti, Pitar albidus, Pitar barbarensis, Pitar baylii, Pitar cedroensis, Pitar colchaguana, Pitar cordatus, Pitar diabloensis, Pitar hataii, Pitar kotoi, Pitar mancorensis, Pitar morrhuanus, Pitar murphyi, Pitar ozakii, Pitar palmeri, Pitar parisiensis, Pitar petropolitanus, Pitar porrecta, Pitar rostratus, Pitar salanga, Pitar sciaena, Pitar securiformis, Pitar simpsoni, Pitar sorachiensis, Pitar stocki, Pitar subarestus, Pitar transversus, Pitar uvasana, Pitar vancouverensis, Pitar vulnerata, Cytherea (Caryatis) pratti
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (7: California, Washington collections)
• Paleocene of United States (8: California)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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