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Pitar (Pitar)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Pitar (Pitar) Römer p. 15
1957Pitar (Pitar) Stenzel et al. p. 140
1969Pitar (Pitar) da Silva Forti p. 83
1973Pitar (Pitar) Marasti p. 110
1976Pitar (Pitar) Moore p. 36
1977Pitar (Pitar) Adegoke p. 280
1995Pitar (Pitar) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 183
2020Pitar (Pitar) Hendy

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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
subgenusPitarRömer 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.

Subg. Pitar (Pitar) Römer 1857
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†Pitar (Pitar) angelinae Harris 1919
†Pitar (Pitar) calvimontana Deshayes 1857
†Pitar (Pitar) carmenensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Pitar (Pitar) corbulina Lamarck 1806
†Pitar (Pitar) coroanus Hodson 1927
†Pitar (Pitar) dalli Weaver 1916
†Pitar (Pitar) dinotus Woodring 1982
†Pitar (Pitar) distincta Deshayes 1857
†Pitar (Pitar) gabrielensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Pitar (Pitar) ovatus Rogers and Rogers 1837
†Pitar (Pitar) quirosanus Hodson 1927
†Pitar (Pitar) sapotanus Olsson 1932
Pitar (Pitar) tumens Stenzel et al. 1957
†Pitar (Pitar) yasila Olsson 1930
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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 61.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.2 Ma

Collections (173 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Texas) Pitar nuttalliopsis (178129)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria Pitar ewekoroensis (7791)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Texas) Pitar nuttalliopsis (92307 205455)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Pitar pyga (91126 91127 91859 101302 101321 101361)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Meretrix ovata (3113 124966)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Pitar nuttalliopsis (90818 92034 92352 98365 98409)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Maryland) Pitar pyga (91547 91709 91712 91713 91716 91883 91889 91890 91891 92163)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Virginia) Cytherea ovata (84048) Pitar pyga (35062)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) Pitar nuttalliopsis (91111 91719 92349 92375 92390 98276 98308)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Georgia) Pitar nuttalliopsis (98633)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Virginia) Pitar ovatus (90473 91861 101242 101314)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Maryland) Pitar ovatus (91117 91550 91551 92169 92170 99262 99264 99267 99270 99290 99291)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) Pitar nuttalliopsis (90453)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Mississippi) Pitar nuttalliopsis (99666)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (North Carolina) Pitar ovatus (98983)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Pitar cornelli (90600)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Colombia (Bolivar) Pitar carmenensis (3312)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Pitar angelinae (91128)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Cytherea ovata (92492)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Pitar dalli (38984 38985 38987 38988 38989 38992 38993 38994 38997 38998 39021 39022 39023 39025 39027 39030 39033 39037) Pitar sp. (38999 39004) Pitar sp., Pitar dalli (38940 39000 39002 39003)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (California) Pitar dalli (52626)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Bolivar) Pitar gabrielensis (3315)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama Pitar carmenensis (42488 42489) Pitar yasila (42534)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Oregon) Pitar dalli (37823)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Washington) Pitar dalli (180418)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Alaska) Pitar dalli (44112)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Oregon) Pitar dalli (37680 37683 37684 37685 37688)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Pitar quirosanus (42626 42628 42631 42632)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Callocardia euglypta (60979)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru Pitaria sapotana (66141)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic Pitar sp. (74962)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Zulia) Pitaria quirosana (60627)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama Pitar quirosanus (42616 42619 42620 49493)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Pitar sp. (68971)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Panama Pitar coroanus (42598)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Bulgaria Pitar rudis (60288 60289 60291 60292)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama (Bocas del Toro) Pitar sp. (135818)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy (Pordenone) Pitar rudis (37380)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Pitar sp. (136007)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Pitaria cercadica (58817)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Pitar sp. (145520 145524)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco Pitar rudis (161327 173165)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Pitar rudis (78437)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Morocco Pitar rudis (173166)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Pitaria cercadica (88296)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina Pitar laziarina (71548 71564)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Pitar rudis (207784)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Pitar sp. (61184)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Pitar sp. (74967 75036 75037)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Pitar hera (131293 131332 131334)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Pitar maiquetiensis, Pitar antillensis (41554)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Pitaria cercadica (88298)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Pitar hera (60771)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy Pitar rudis (78335 78336 78338)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium Pitar rudis (86801 86802)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Pitar sp. (135832)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Cytherea rudis (84755 84795 84992)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Pitar sp. (74965)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Cytherea rudis (84759 84764 84819)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Pitar planivetus (69093) Pitar sp. A, Pitar sp. B (69090)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Pitar rudis (178117)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Pitar rudis (86803 86804 86805)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy (Livorno) Pitar rudis (173663)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Costa Rica Pitar consanguineus (135044)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Pitar rudis (77008)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Meretrix tumens (128324)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Pitar newcombianus (222954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Meretrix tumens (128327)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Pitar helenae (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Callista newcombiana (222659 222660) Pitar newcombianus (59063 96936 96937 160361 219030)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Meretrix rudis (127639)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Pitar chioneformis (69046)