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Pitar (Hyphantosoma)

Bivalvia - Venerida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Hyphantosoma was named by Dall (1902) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l T Plio Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant. Its type is Cytherea carbasea.

It was reranked as Pitaria (Hyphantosoma) by Palmer (1927); it was reranked as Pitar (Hyphantosoma) by Woodring (1982), Todd (2001).

It was assigned to Pitaria by Palmer (1927); to Pitar by Woodring (1982), Todd (2001); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Hyphantosoma waltonensis, Meretrix floridella, Pitar aegyptiaca, Pitar affinis, Pitar aldrichi, Pitar altoumbonata, Pitar amichel, Pitar antillensis, Pitar arnoldi, Pitar arnoldi, Pitar ashiyaensis, Pitar astartiformis, Pitar astartiformis, Pitar beyrichi, Pitar biboraensis, Pitar bonnetensis, Pitar bosquesti, Pitar calcanea, Pitar californiana, Pitar californica, Pitar carbasea, Pitar carbeseus, Pitar castoriana, Pitar chejsliensis, Pitar chioneformis, Pitar chioneformis, Pitar cicinatus, Pitar circinatus, Pitar circinatus, Pitar citrina, Pitar columbiana, Pitar cornelli, Pitar cosanguineus, Pitar crocea, Pitar cypta, Pitar diminuta, Pitar duponti, Pitar duponti, Pitar eocenica, Pitar eocenica, Pitar euglypta, Pitar eversus, Pitar exiguus, Pitar fulminatus, Pitar gazleyensis, Pitar gigas, Pitar gretschischkini, Pitar hartti, Pitar hawtofi, Pitar heberti, Pitar hebraeus, Pitar hera, Pitar hinokumai, Pitar imitabilis, Pitar imitabilis, Pitar indecoroides, Pitar indistincta, Pitar irvajamensis, Pitar italica, Pitar italica, Pitar itoi, Pitar japonica, Pitar japonicum, Pitar jogjacartensis, Pitar juliae, Pitar julianum, Pitar kakertensis, Pitar kaniei, Pitar kavranensis, Pitar kempae, Pitar kryshtofovichii, Pitar kyushuensis, Pitar labeanus, Pitar labreanus, Pitar lamarcki, Pitar lavelanus, Pitar laziarina, Pitar lilacinoides, Pitar lorenzana, Pitar macbeani, Pitar macbeani, Pitar maiquetiensis, Pitar marensis, Pitar matheroni, Pitar megacostata, Pitar mendezensis, Pitar multifilosus, Pitar nitidula, Pitar nuttalliopsis, Pitar nuttalliopsis, Pitar nuttalliopsis, Pitar obliquata, Pitar obliquatum, Pitar obliquatus, Pitar obscurata, Pitar okadana, Pitar oraelongus, Pitar ornatus, Pitar ovalis, Pitar paraguaensis, Pitar perarcana, Pitar perbrevis, Pitar petroplitanus, Pitar planivetus, Pitar planivieta, Pitar pleschakovi, Pitar polytropa, Pitar poulsoni, Pitar prosayana, Pitar protena, Pitar pseudosubcyrenoides, Pitar pteleina, Pitar pteleinus, Pitar pyga, Pitar quimbrizensis, Pitar quipayensis, Pitar rakhiensis, Pitar raulini, Pitar recondita, Pitar rekinnensis, Pitar rhotomagensis, Pitar ripleyanus, Pitar rosea, Pitar rudis, Pitar saincenyensis, Pitar sannosawaensis, Pitar schafferi, Pitar sciena, Pitar sculpturata, Pitar sculpturatus, Pitar scutellaris, Pitar selae, Pitar selseiensis, Pitar semeliformis, Pitar semipunctata, Pitar soledadensis, Pitar splendida, Pitar stantoni, Pitar striata, Pitar subnasuta, Pitar subpellucida, Pitar subpellucida, Pitar subpellucidum, Pitar subpellucidus, Pitar sunakozakaensis, Pitar swedani, Pitar takashimaensis, Pitar thompsoni, Pitar tranquilla, Pitar trigoniata, Pitar turneri, Pitar turneri, Pitar undata, Pitar uvasana, Pitar uvasana, Pitar uvasanus, Pitar vetus, Pitar villanovae, Pitar villanovae, Pitar wasana, Pitar wolfi, Pitar woodwardi, Pitar yoakumi, Pitar zacachunensis, Pitaria carbasea
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Hendy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Hyphantosoma Dall
1927Pitaria (Hyphantosoma) Palmer p. 56
1982Pitar (Hyphantosoma) Woodring p. 686
2001Pitar (Hyphantosoma) Todd
2002Hyphantosoma Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
EuheterodontaGiribet and Distel 2003
superorderImparidentiaBieler 2014
NeoheterodonteiTaylor et al. 2007
orderVenerida(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCallocardiinae(Dall 1895)
genusPitarRömer 1857
subgenusHyphantosoma(Dall 1902)

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.

Subg. Pitar (Hyphantosoma) Dall 1902
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Pitar (Hyphantosoma) centangulatus Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available