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Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcatarius

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Cytherea sulcataria was named by Deshayes (1825) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; France.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcataria by Jukes-Browne (1908), Stenzel et al. (1957), Kluschnikov (1964) and Le Renard and Pacaud (1995); it was recombined as Calpitaria sulcatarius by Kemp (1976); it was recombined as Pitar sulcataria by Wozny (1977); it was recombined as Calpitaria sulcataria by Bone (1978); it was recombined as Pitar sulcatoria by Glibert (1985); it was recombined as Pitar sulcatarius by Bone et al (1991); it was recombined as Pitar sulcatorius by Tracey et al (1995); it was recombined as Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcatarius by Jeffery and Tracey (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Cytherea sulcataria Deshayes pp. 133-134 figs. pl. 20, figs. 14-15
1908Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcataria Jukes-Browne p. 156
1957Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcataria Stenzel et al. p. 141
1964Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcataria Kluschnikov p. 95
1976Calpitaria sulcatarius Kemp
1977Pitar sulcataria Wozny p. 106
1978Calpitaria sulcataria Bone
1985Pitar sulcatoria Glibert
1991Pitar sulcatarius Bone et al.
1995Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcataria Le Renard and Pacaud p. 71
1995Pitar sulcatorius Tracey et al.
1997Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcatarius Jeffery and Tracey p. 89 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-4

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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
subgenusCalpitariaJukes-Browne 1908
speciessulcatarius(Deshayes 1825)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available