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Pitar diabloensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy

Cytherea (Callista) diabloensis was named by Anderson (1905).

It was recombined as Pitar diabloensis by Loel and Corey (1932); it was recombined as Amiantis diabloensis by Hall (2002).

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
1905	Cytherea (Callista) diabloensis Anderson p. 196 figs. Plate XVII, Figs. 83-85
1932	Pitar diabloensis Loel and Corey p. 220 figs. Plate 37, figure 7
2002	Amiantis diabloensis Hall p. 116

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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	diabloensis	()

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 diabloensis Anderson 1905

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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 Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.04000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	USA (California)	Amiantis diabloensis (44893) Pitar diabloensis (238190 238257 238261 238262)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	USA (California)	Amiantis diabloensis (44937 44965 44987 44988)