†Pitaria (Pitaria) Roemer 1857 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Parent taxon: Pitaria according to Roemer 1857

See also Price and Palmer 1928

Sister taxa: 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

Subtaxa: Pitaria (Pitaria) buenovistana Pitaria (Pitaria) gazleyensis Pitaria (Pitaria) juliae

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (5: Louisiana, Texas collections)

• Paleocene of United States (12: Louisiana)

Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences

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