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Pitar porrecta

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Cytherea porrecta was named by Koenen (1894) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Europe, Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pitar porrectus by Sacco (1900); it was recombined as Cytherea (Pitar) porrecta by Vredenburg (1928); it was recombined as Pitar porrecta by Iqbal (1969) and Iqbal (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Cytherea porrecta Koenen p. 1254 figs. pl. 87, fig. 8
1900Pitar porrectus Sacco p. 20 figs. pl. 4, fig. 30
1928Cytherea (Pitar) porrecta Vredenburg p. 451
1969Pitar porrecta Iqbal p. 20
1980Pitar porrecta Iqbal p. 31

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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
speciesporrecta(Koenen 1894)

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 porrecta Koenen 1894
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Diagnosis
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