Pitaria martini Dickerson 1914 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: R. E. Dickerson. 1914. The fauna of the Siphonalia sutterensis Zone in the Roseburg Quadrangle, Oregon. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4:113-128

Belongs to Pitaria according to R. E. Dickerson 1914

Sister taxa: Pitaria (Pitaria), Pitaria altoumbonata, Pitaria ashiyaensis, Pitaria baldryi, Pitaria buenavistana, 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

Type specimen: CAS 237 and 238 (cotypes)

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

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

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