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Pitar simiensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Callocardia simiensis was named by Nelson (1925). Its type specimen is UC 30583, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 4004, Simi Hills, which is in a Thanetian marine siliciclastic in the Santa Susana Formation of California.

It was recombined as Pitar simiensis by Zinsmeister (1983).

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
1925Callocardia simiensis Nelson pp. 413-414 figs. pl. 52, figs. 3a, 3b
1983Pitar simiensis Zinsmeister p. 1288

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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
speciessimiensis()

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 simiensis Nelson 1925
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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 Selandian to the top of the Thanetian or 61.66000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Russian Federation Pitar simiensis (50039)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (California) Callocardia simiensis (218671 239682 239693 239695 239696)
Selandian - Ypresian61.66 - 48.07USA (California) Callocardia simiensis (239602)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Callocardia simiensis (204137 239684 239700 239711 239715)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene59.24 - 48.07USA (California) Callocardia simiensis (237469 237470 237473 237476)