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Pitaria

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Pitaria was named by Roemer (1857). It is extant.

It was reranked as Meretrix (Pitaria) by Cossmann and Pissarro (1904); it was reranked as Pitar (Pitaria) by Olsson (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Pitar by da Silva Forti (1969).

It was assigned to Meretrix by Cossmann and Pissarro (1904); to Pitar by Olsson (1930); and to Veneridae by Clark and Woodford (1927), Nagao (1928), Nagao (1928), Olsson (1931).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Pitaria Roemer
1904Meretrix (Pitaria) Cossmann and Pissarro p. 10
1927Pitaria Clark and Woodford p. 96
1928Pitaria Nagao p. 70
1930Pitar (Pitaria) Olsson p. 26
1931Pitaria Olsson p. 56

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
genusPitariaRoemer 1857

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.

G. Pitaria Roemer 1857
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Subg. †Pitaria (Pitaria) Roemer 1857
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†Pitaria (Pitaria) gazleyensis Price and Palmer 1928
†Pitaria (Pitaria) juliae Price and Palmer 1928
†Pitaria altoumbonata Nagao 1928
†Pitaria ashiyaensis Nagao 1928
†Pitaria baldryi Olsson 1930
†Pitaria buenavistana Hodson 1927
†Pitaria calcanea Dall 1903
†Pitaria californiana Conrad 1855
Pitaria concinna Sowerby 1835
†Pitaria conradi Dickerson 1916
†Pitaria intica Hanna 1927
†Pitaria kyushuensis Nagao 1928
†Pitaria lorenzana Clark 1918
†Pitaria martini Dickerson 1914
†Pitaria matsumotoi Nagao 1928
†Pitaria obscurate White 1887
†Pitaria palmeri Clark and Woodford 1927
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Invalid names: Meretrix dalli Dickerson 1914 [replaced]
†Pitaria silicifluvia Dall 1916
†Pitaria sorrentoensis Hanna 1927
†Pitaria takashimaensis Nagao 1928
†Pitaria verticala Hanna 1927
†Pitaria yasila Olsson 1930
†Pitaria yokoyamai Nagao 1928
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 06:38:03
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:15:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 59.24000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (103 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Meretrix dalli (190786 190795 190798)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Meretrix dalli (211023 238711)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) P. nuttalliopsis (99721) P. nuttelliopsis (98692 98920 98929 99723 99724 99759 99763 101123 101124 101126 105505)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Louisiana) P. nuttelliopsis (98925 105206 105208)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) P. californica (52422 52429) P. conradi (52420) P. conradi, P. californica (52424 52426 52428) P. palmeri (52425)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) P. nuttelliopsis (91845)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan P. sp. (203231)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Pitar californianus (200761 200762) Pitar intica (200718 200719 200727) Pitar sorrentoensis (200716 200724 200726 200740 200750) P. intica, P. verticala (200720) P. sorrentoensis (122663)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) P. gazleyensis, P. juliae (205356) P. pitaria (205470)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Russian Federation P. chemetschensis, P. tigilensis, P. xenophonti, Pitar matsumotoi (50051)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9USA (California) P. californiana (239769)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Peru (Piura) P. yasila (52526)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (California) P. californiana (52805)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) P. securiformis (5436 5437)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (California) P. californiana (239767) P. lorenzana (71161 71165 71166 71179)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Georgia) P. silicifluvia, P. calcanea (60838)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Japan Pitar matsumotoi (70764 70766 70768 70769 70775 70776 70809 70892)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Peru (Piura) P. sp. (55433)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Japan P. kyushuensis (81199)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Florida) P. imitabilis (60665)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (California) P. lorenzana (122273)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Japan (Yamaguchi) Pitar matsumotoi (51446 51449)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Haiti P. sp. (61198)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Japan Pitar matsumotoi (70868 70869 70871)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) P. sp. (60983)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Zulia) P. mirandana (60627)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) P. floridana (41760 42250 42281 42290 42328 42366 42367 42443)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France P. islandicoides (59265)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Peru P. tumbezensis (66179)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Libya P. sp. (77254)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333Pakistan P. sp. (55397)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) P. waltonensis (42870 42874 42886)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic P. planivieta (58816 58817)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Vanuatu Meretrix sp. (77902)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic P. acuticostata (58875) P. planivieta (58869) P. planivieta, P. acuticostata (58824)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain P. tumens (128383)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Pakistan P. umbonella (55401)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa P. hebracea (122944) P. hebracea, P. manillae (122943) P. kochii (122941)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico P. concinna (96870)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain P. floridella (128327)