Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative spellings: Meretrix (Pitaria), Pitar (Pitaria)
Parent taxon: Veneridae according to A. A. Olsson 1931
See also Clark and Woodford 1927, da Silva Forti 1969, Nagao 1928, Nagao 1928, Olsson 1930 and Pacaud and Le Renard 1995
Sister taxa: Anofia, Austrocardilanx, Callistinae, Callocardiinae, Calva, Chamelea, Chionidae, Clementina, Cockburnia, Cythereinae, Eurhomalea, Ezocallista, Fossacallista, Frigichione, Gemma, Gouldiinae, Macrocallista, Meretricinae, Oedalia, Paleomarcia, Paphiinae, Polititapes, Pullastra, Securella, Sinodia, Sunettinae, Transennella, Venerinae, Venerupis, Venidia, Xenoloupia, Cooperella
Subtaxa: 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 martini Pitaria matsumotoi 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:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), Pakistan (1), South Africa (3), Spain (2)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), the Dominican Republic (5), France (1), Japan (3), Libya (1), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), United States (11: Florida), Vanuatu (1), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Haiti (1), Japan (11), Peru (1), United States (3: California, Florida, Georgia)
• Eocene of Japan (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (34: California, Louisiana, North Carolina, Texas)
• Paleocene of United States (17: California, Louisiana)
Total: 103 collections including 114 occurrences
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