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Pitar (Lamelliconcha)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Pitar (Lamelliconcha) Dall
1938Pitar (Lamelliconcha) Clark and Anderson p. 946
1944Pitar (Lamelliconcha) Durham p. 148
1957Pitar (Lamelliconcha) Rivera p. 196
1984Pitar (Lamelliconcha) Squires p. 51
1987Pitar (Lamelliconcha) Squires p. 68
1988Pitar (Lamelliconcha) Squires p. 19
1992Pitar (Lamelliconcha) Squires and Demetrion p. 42

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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
subgenusLamelliconchaDall 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.

Subg. Pitar (Lamelliconcha) Dall 1902
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Pitar (Lamelliconcha) crooki Clark and Anderson 1938
Pitar (Lamelliconcha) nomlandi Clark and Durham 1946
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 Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 100.50000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Pitar yoakumi (98878 98879)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico (Baja California) Pitar joaquinensis (5506)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Pitar joaquinensis (122656 167604 177614 178749 193545)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Pitar joaquinensis (8011)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (California) Pitar joaquinensis, Pitar avenalensis (111552)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Pilar joaquinensis (178733) Pitar joaquinensis (5524 5527 5529 5531 5532 5533 5540 5541 5542 200718 200720) Pitar sp. (214593)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Washington) Pitar avenalensis (43340 43345)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Alaska) Pitar avenalensis (44069)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Pitar joaquinensis (194431)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Georgia) Pitar macbeani (98573)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (California) Pitar crooki (205787)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Bolivar) Pitar nomlandi (3315)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia Pitar sp. (103544)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Pitar imitabilis, Pitar astartiformis (7110 7111)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ecuador (Guayas) Pitar sp. (61065)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Piaui) Pitar diminuta (112600)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Maranhao) Pitar euglypta (112597 112598) Pitar perarcana (112596)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Pitar euglypta, Pitar hartti, Pitar obscurata, Pitar recondita (65162) Pitar vertumni (112582) Pitaria vertumni (60980)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Pitar circinatus (60144)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Pitar circinatus (60401 60630 60631 60632 60634) Pitar circinatus, Pitar labeanus (60635) Pitar circinatus, Pitar labreanus (60399 60402)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Pitar cicinatus (60649) Pitar circinatus (60409 60410 60412 60417 60646 60647 60650 60655 60659)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Pitar rosea (66793)