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Pitaria

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Pitaria was named by Roemer (1857). It is extant.

It was reranked as Meretrix (Pitaria) by Cossmann and Pissarro (1904); it was reranked as Pitar (Pitaria) by Olsson (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Pitar by da Silva Forti (1969).

It was assigned to Meretrix by Cossmann and Pissarro (1904); to Pitar by Olsson (1930); and to Veneridae by Clark and Woodford (1927), Nagao (1928), Nagao (1928) and Olsson (1931).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Pitaria Roemer
1904Meretrix (Pitaria) Cossmann and Pissarro p. 10
1927Pitaria Clark and Woodford p. 96
1928Pitaria Nagao p. 70
1930Pitar (Pitaria) Olsson p. 26
1931Pitaria Olsson p. 56

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
genusPitariaRoemer 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.

G. Pitaria Roemer 1857
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Subg. †Pitaria (Pitaria) Roemer 1857
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Pitaria (Pitaria) gazleyensis Price and Palmer 1928
Pitaria (Pitaria) juliae Price and Palmer 1928
Pitaria altoumbonata Nagao 1928
Pitaria ashiyaensis Nagao 1928
Pitaria baldryi Olsson 1930
Pitaria behri Clark 1915
Pitaria buenavistana Hodson 1927
Pitaria calcanea Dall 1903
Pitaria concinna Sowerby 1835
Pitaria conradi Dickerson 1916
Pitaria intica Hanna 1927
Pitaria kyushuensis Nagao 1928
Pitaria lorenzana Clark 1918
Pitaria matsumotoi Nagao 1928
Pitaria obscurate White 1887
Pitaria palmeri Clark and Woodford 1927
Pitaria silicifluvia Dall 1916
Pitaria sorrentoensis Hanna 1927
Pitaria takashimaensis Nagao 1928
Pitaria verticala Hanna 1927
Pitaria yasila Olsson 1930
Pitaria yokoyamai Nagao 1928
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-08 06:38:03
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:15:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 59.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (83 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) P. nuttalliopsis (99721) P. nuttelliopsis (98692 98920 98929 99723 99724 99759 99763 101123 101124 101126 105505)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) P. conradi (52420 52424 52426 52428) P. palmeri (52425)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) P. nuttelliopsis (91845)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Louisiana) P. nuttelliopsis (98925 105206 105208)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Japan P. sp. (203231)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) P. intica, P. verticala (200720)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) P. gazleyensis, P. juliae (205356) P. pitaria (205470)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Russian Federation P. chemetschensis, P. tigilensis, P. xenophonti, Pitar matsumotoi (50051)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru (Piura) P. yasila (52526)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) P. securiformis (5436 5437)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (California) P. lorenzana (71161 71165 71166 71179)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan Pitar matsumotoi (70764 70766 70768 70769 70775 70776 70809 70892)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) P. silicifluvia, P. calcanea (60838)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Peru (Piura) P. sp. (55433)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Florida) P. imitabilis (60665)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Japan P. kyushuensis (81199)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Haiti P. sp. (61198)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Japan (Yamaguchi) Pitar matsumotoi (51446 51449)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (California) P. lorenzana (122273)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) P. sp. (60983)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan Pitar matsumotoi (70868 70869 70871)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France P. islandicoides (59265)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Zulia) P. mirandana (60627)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) P. floridana (41760 42250 42281 42290 42328 42366 42367 42443)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Peru P. tumbezensis (66179)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Libya P. sp. (77254)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Pakistan P. sp. (55397)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) P. waltonensis (42870 42874 42886)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) P. buenavistana (135503)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic P. planivieta (58816 58817)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic P. acuticostata (58875) P. planivieta (58869) P. planivieta, P. acuticostata (58824)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Vanuatu Meretrix sp. (77902)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Spain P. tumens (128383)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Pakistan P. umbonella (55401)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa P. hebracea (122944) P. hebracea, P. manillae (122943) P. kochii (122941)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Mexico P. concinna (96870)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Spain P. floridella (128327)