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Pitar parisiensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy

Cytherea parisiensis was named by Deshayes (1857) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Meretrix parisiensis by Morellet and Morellet (1944); it was recombined as Pitar parisiensis by Tracey et al (1995); it was recombined as Pitar (Calpitaria) parisiensis by Le Renard and Pacaud (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. aldrichi, P. californiana, P. cosanguineus, P. matheroni, P. megacostata, P. nuttalliopsis, P. obliquata, P. poulsoni, P. protena, P. ripleyanus, P. sciena, P. sculpturata, P. semeliformis, P. soledadensis, P. stantoni, P. subnasuta, P. subpellucidum, P. swedani, P. thompsoni, P. turneri, P. turneri, P. kavranensis, P. striata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1857	Cytherea parisiensis Deshayes pp. 441-442 figs. pl. 29, figs. 7-10
1944	Meretrix parisiensis Morellet and Morellet
1995	Pitar (Calpitaria) parisiensis Le Renard and Pacaud p. 71
1995	Pitar parisiensis Tracey et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Veneroidei	(Gray 1854)
—	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Callocardiinae	(Dall 1895)
genus	Pitar	Römer 1857
species	parisiensis	()

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 parisiensis Deshayes 1857

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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 Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 47.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	France (Yvelines)	Pitar parisiensis (177970 177972 177975)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	United Kingdom (England)	Pitar parisiensis (8124 8125)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	France (Oise)	Meretrix parisiensis (3494)