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Pitar rostratus

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Pitaria rostrata was named by Koch (1943) [DISTRIBUTION: Holocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Pitar (Pitar) rostratum by da Silva Forti (1969); it was recombined as Pitar rostratus by Rosenberg (2005).

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
YearName and author
1943Pitaria rostrata Koch p. 2
1969Pitar (Pitar) rostratum da Silva Forti p. 83
2005Pitar rostratus Rosenberg

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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
speciesrostratus(Koch 1943)

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 rostratus Koch 1943
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Argentina Pitar rostratus (71612)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina Pitar rostratus (71609)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Pitar rostratus (195917 195933)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina Pitar rostratus (71610)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Pitar rostratus (198740 198741 198742 198743 198745 198747 198749 198750 198752 198753 198754)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Pitar rostratum (72116 72117 72118 72120 72121 72122 72123)