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Pitar (Pitar)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Pitar (Pitar) was named by Römer (1857). It is extant. Its type is Cytherea tumens.

It was assigned to Pitar by Römer (1857), Stenzel et al. (1957), da Silva Forti (1969), Marasti (1973), Moore (1976), Adegoke (1977), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Hendy (2020).

Subtaxa
Pitar (Pitar) angelinae, Pitar (Pitar) calvimontana, Pitar (Pitar) carmenensis, Pitar (Pitar) cercadica, Pitar (Pitar) consanguineus, Pitar (Pitar) corbulina, Pitar (Pitar) coroanus, Pitar (Pitar) dalli, Pitar (Pitar) dinotus, Pitar (Pitar) distincta, Pitar (Pitar) euglyptus, Pitar (Pitar) ewekoroensis, Pitar (Pitar) gabrielensis, Pitar (Pitar) helenae, Pitar (Pitar) newcombianus, Pitar (Pitar) ovatus, Pitar (Pitar) quirosanus, Pitar (Pitar) rudis, Pitar (Pitar) sapotanus, Pitar (Pitar) tumens, Pitar (Pitar) yasila
Species lacking formal opinion data
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 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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Pitar (Pitar) Römer p. 15
1957Pitar (Pitar) Stenzel et al. p. 140
1969Pitar (Pitar) da Silva Forti p. 83
1973Pitar (Pitar) Marasti p. 110
1976Pitar (Pitar) Moore p. 36
1977Pitar (Pitar) Adegoke p. 280
1995Pitar (Pitar) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 183
2020Pitar (Pitar) Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCallocardiinae(Dall 1895)
genusPitarRömer 1857
subgenusPitarRömer 1857

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 (Pitar) Römer 1857
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†Pitar (Pitar) angelinae Harris 1919
†Pitar (Pitar) calvimontana Deshayes 1857
†Pitar (Pitar) carmenensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Pitar (Pitar) corbulina Lamarck 1806
†Pitar (Pitar) coroanus Hodson 1927
†Pitar (Pitar) dalli Weaver 1916
†Pitar (Pitar) dinotus Woodring 1982
†Pitar (Pitar) distincta Deshayes 1857
†Pitar (Pitar) gabrielensis Clark and Durham 1946
Pitar (Pitar) newcombianus Gabb 1865 [Newcomb's pitar]
†Pitar (Pitar) ovatus Rogers and Rogers 1837
†Pitar (Pitar) quirosanus Hodson 1927
†Pitar (Pitar) sapotanus Olsson 1932
Pitar (Pitar) tumens Stenzel et al. 1957
†Pitar (Pitar) yasila Olsson 1930
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:38:09
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:38:09
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 61.66000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.24 Ma

Collections (175 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Nigeria Pitar ewekoroensis (7791)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (Texas) Pitar nuttalliopsis (178129)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Maryland) Pitar pyga (91547 91709 91712 91713 91716 91883 91889 91890 91891 92163)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Cytherea ovata (84048) Pitar pyga (35062)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Pitar nuttalliopsis (90818 92034 92352 98365 98409)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Texas) Pitar nuttalliopsis (92307 205455)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Pitar pyga (91126 91127 91859 101302 101321 101361)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Meretrix ovata (3113 124966)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) Pitar nuttalliopsis (90453)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Georgia) Pitar nuttalliopsis (98633)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Alabama) Pitar nuttalliopsis (91111 91719 92349 92375 92390 98276 98308)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Maryland) Pitar ovatus (91117 91550 91551 92169 92170 99262 99264 99267 99270 99290 99291)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Mississippi) Pitar nuttalliopsis (99666)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Virginia) Pitar ovatus (90473 91861 101242 101314)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Pitar ovatus (98983)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (South Carolina) Cytherea ovata (92492)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Pitar angelinae (91128)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Colombia (Bolivar) Pitar carmenensis (3312)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Alabama) Pitar cornelli (90600)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Panama Pitar carmenensis (42488 42489) Pitar yasila (42534)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Colombia (Bolivar) Pitar gabrielensis (3315)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Pitar dalli (38984 38985 38987 38988 38989 38992 38993 38994 38997 38998 39021 39022 39023 39025 39027 39030 39033 39037) Pitar sp. (38999 39004) Pitar sp., Pitar dalli (38940 39000 39002 39003)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (California) Pitar dalli (52626)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Washington) Pitar dalli (180418)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Oregon) Pitar dalli (37823)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Alaska) Pitar dalli (44112)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Oregon) Pitar dalli (37680 37683 37684 37685 37688)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama Pitar quirosanus (42626 42628 42631 42632)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Callocardia euglypta (60979)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Washington) Pitaria dalli (241805)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Peru Pitaria sapotana (66141)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Dominican Republic Pitar sp. (74962)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Panama Pitar quirosanus (42616 42619 42620 49493)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Zulia) Pitaria quirosana (60627)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Pitar sp. (68971)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Bulgaria Pitar rudis (60288 60289 60291 60292)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Panama Pitar coroanus (42598)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Panama (Bocas del Toro) Pitar sp. (135818)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Pitar sp. (136007)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Morocco Pitar rudis (161327 173165)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Pitaria cercadica (58817)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy (Pordenone) Pitar rudis (37380)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Pitar sp. (145520 145524)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy Pitar rudis (78437)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia Pitaria cercadica (88296)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina Pitar laziarina (71548 71564)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Morocco Pitar rudis (173166)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Pitar sp. (61184)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Pitar rudis (207784)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Pitar sp. (74967 75036 75037)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Pitaria cercadica (88298)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Pitar hera (131293 131332 131334)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy Pitar rudis (78335 78336 78338)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Pitar hera (60771)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Pitar maiquetiensis, Pitar antillensis (41554)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Pitar sp. (135832)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Cytherea rudis (84755 84795 84992)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Pitar rudis (86801 86802)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Pitar sp. (74965)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) Cytherea rudis (84759 84764 84819)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Pitar planivetus (69093) Pitar sp. A, Pitar sp. B (69090)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Pitar rudis (178117)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Pitar rudis (86803 86804 86805)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) Pitar rudis (173663)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Costa Rica Pitar consanguineus (135044)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Pitar newcombianus (240566)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Pitar rudis (77008)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Meretrix tumens (128324)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Pitar newcombianus (222954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Callista newcombiana (222659 222660) Pitar newcombianus (59063 96936 96937 160361 219030)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Meretrix tumens (128327)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Meretrix rudis (127639)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Pitar helenae (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Pitar chioneformis (69046)