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Pitar parisiensis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Cytherea parisiensis was named by Deshayes (1857) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Meretrix parisiensis by Morellet and Morellet (1944); it was recombined as Pitar parisiensis by Tracey et al (1995); it was recombined as Pitar (Calpitaria) parisiensis by Le Renard and Pacaud (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Cytherea parisiensis Deshayes pp. 441-442 figs. pl. 29, figs. 7-10
1944Meretrix parisiensis Morellet and Morellet
1995Pitar (Calpitaria) parisiensis Le Renard and Pacaud p. 71
1995Pitar parisiensis Tracey 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
speciesparisiensis()

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 parisiensis Deshayes 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available