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Pitar morrhuanus

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Callocardia morrhuana was named by Dall (1902) [COMMENTS: Name attributed to Linsley, 1848.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Cytherea morrhuana by Linsley (1845); it was recombined as Callocardia (Agriopoma) morrhuana by Dall (1902) and Dall (1903); it was recombined as Pitar morrhuana by Abbott (1954), Richards (1962) and Spencer and Campbell (1987); it was misspelled as Pitar morrhuanna by Coch (1971); it was recombined as Pitar morrhuanus by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonyms
  • Cytherea sayana was named by Conrad (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Miocene-Pleistocene; Atlantic Coastal Plain.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

    It was recombined as Venus sayana by D'Orbigny (1852) and Tuomey and Holmes (1856); it was recombined as Meretrix sayana by Conrad (1854); it was recombined as Dione sayana by Conrad (1863); it was recombined as Callocardia (Agriopoma) sayana by Dall (1903), Glenn (1904) and Gardner (1943); it was recombined as Pitaria (Pitaria) sayana by Palmer (1926); it was recombined as Pitar sayana by DuBar (1962) and DuBar (1962); it was synonymized subjectively with Pitar morrhuanus by Rosenberg (2005).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Cytherea sayana Conrad p. 345
1845Cytherea morrhuana Linsley p. 276
1852Venus sayana D'Orbigny p. 108
1854Meretrix sayana Conrad p. 30
1856Venus sayana Tuomey and Holmes p. 83
1863Dione sayana Conrad p. 575
1902Callocardia (Agriopoma) morrhuana Dall
1903Callocardia (Agriopoma) sayana Dall p. 1261
1903Callocardia (Agriopoma) morrhuana Dall pp. 1262-1264
1904Callocardia (Agriopoma) sayana Glenn p. 313
1926Pitaria (Pitaria) sayana Palmer p. 20
1943Callocardia (Agriopoma) sayana Gardner p. 124
1954Pitar morrhuana Abbott p. 414
1962Pitar sayana DuBar
1962Pitar morrhuana Richards p. 64
1971Pitar morrhuanna Coch
1987Pitar morrhuana Spencer and Campbell pp. 51-52
2008Pitar morrhuanus Hendy et al.

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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
speciesmorrhuanus(Dall 1902)

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 morrhuanus Dall 1902
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Invalid names: Cytherea sayana Conrad 1833 [synonym]
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, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Callocardia sayana (59364)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (Maryland) Callocardia sayana (70853)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Pitar sayana (60939)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Callocardia sayana (59309 59310)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) Agriopoma sayana (79245 79709) Pitar sayana (61293 61295 61296 78261 78266 78271)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Callocardia sayana (59485 59487)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (North Carolina) Pitar sayana (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) Callocardia sayana (59312 59316 59318 60988 60989)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Cytherea sayana (92407) Pitar sayana (60944)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Pitar morrhuanus (69029 79786 79788 79789) Pitar sayana (41501 41539 41718 79331 80002)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Callocardia sayana (59313)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Pitar morrhuana (66621 66622)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Pitar morrhuanna (7109)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (New York) Pitar morrhuana (66377)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Pitar sayana (41705)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Pitar sayana (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Pitar morrhuanus (79957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Pitar morrhuana (66742)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pitar morrhuanus (96538) Pitar sayana (80001)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Pitar morrhuana (57702 57703) Pitar morrhuanus (80048)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Pitar morrhuana (66720 66721)