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Pitar mancorensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Agriopoma mancorensis was named by Olsson (1931). Its type locality is Mancora Fm, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone/shale in the Mancora Formation of Peru.

It was recombined as Pitar mancorensis by Perrilliat (1992), Perrilliat (1992).

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
1931Agriopoma mancorensis Olsson p. 56 figs. Plate 7, Figs. 2, 5
1992Pitar mancorensis Perrilliat p. 15

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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
speciesmancorensis()

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 mancorensis Olsson 1931
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 37.71000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Peru (Piura) Pitaria mancorensis (type locality: 55432)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Peru Pitar mancorensis (80489 80490 80496)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Ecuador (Guayas) Pitar mancorensis (61203)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Peru Pitar mancorensis (80492)