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Taxonomy
Pitar murphyi was named by Zinsmeister (1983). Its type specimen is CUR 6806/141, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meier Canyon, which is in a Thanetian open shallow subtidal conglomerate in the Simi Formation of California.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Meretrix floridella, P. aegyptiaca, P. affinis, P. aldrichi, P. altoumbonata, P. arnoldi, P. arnoldi, P. ashiyaensis, P. astartiformis, P. beyrichi, P. biboraensis, P. bosquesti, P. calcanea, P. californiana, P. californica, P. castoriana, P. chejsliensis, P. chioneformis, P. circinatus, P. cosanguineus, P. crocea, P. eocenica, P. eversus, P. exiguus, P. fulminatus, P. gazleyensis, P. gigas, P. hawtofi, P. hebraeus, P. hinokumai, P. imitabilis, P. indecoroides, P. irvajamensis, P. italica, P. jogjacartensis, P. juliae, P. julianum, P. kaniei, P. kempae, P. kryshtofovichii, P. kyushuensis, P. lamarcki, P. lorenzana, P. macbeani, P. matheroni, P. megacostata, P. multifilosus, P. nitidula, P. nuttalliopsis, P. nuttalliopsis, P. obliquata, P. obliquatum, P. obliquatus, P. oraelongus, P. ornatus, P. ovalis, P. perbrevis, P. pleschakovi, P. polytropa, P. poulsoni, P. prosayana, P. protena, P. pteleina, P. pteleinus, P. quimbrizensis, P. quipayensis, P. rekinnensis, P. rhotomagensis, P. ripleyanus, P. rudis, P. saincenyensis, P. sannosawaensis, P. sciena, P. sculpturata, P. selae, P. selseiensis, P. semeliformis, P. semipunctata, P. soledadensis, P. splendida, P. stantoni, P. subnasuta, P. subpellucida, P. subpellucidum, P. sunakozakaensis, P. swedani, P. takashimaensis, P. thompsoni, P. tranquilla, P. turneri, P. undata, P. uvasana, P. uvasana, P. uvasanus, P. vetus, P. villanovae, P. wasana, P. wolfi, P. woodwardi, P. zacachunensis, P. amichel, P. japonica, P. japonicum, P. bonnetensis, P. heberti, P. villanovae, P. petroplitanus, P. pseudosubcyrenoides, P. rakhiensis, P. turneri, P. duponti, P. duponti, P. italica, P. lilacinoides, P. raulini, P. schafferi, P. carbasea, P. carbeseus, P. lavelanus, P. planivieta, P. sculpturatus, P. cypta, P. indistincta, P. mendezensis, P. trigoniata, P. astartiformis, P. cicinatus, P. circinatus, P. diminuta, P. euglypta, P. hartti, P. imitabilis, P. labeanus, P. labreanus, P. macbeani, P. obscurata, P. perarcana, P. recondita, P. rosea, P. yoakumi, P. eocenica, P. marensis, P. gretschischkini, P. kakertensis, P. kavranensis, P. okadana, P. antillensis, P. chioneformis, P. cornelli, P. hera, P. laziarina, P. maiquetiensis, P. nuttalliopsis, P. planivetus, P. pyga, P. columbiana, P. paraguaensis, P. scutellaris, P. citrina, P. itoi, P. striata, P. subpellucida
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1983 | Pitar murphyi Zinsmeister p. 1288 figs. figs. 1k-m, 1p |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Pitar murphyi Zinsmeister 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available