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Pitar (Pitar) rudis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy

Venus rudis was named by Poli (1795). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cytherea rudis by Wood (1850); it was recombined as Pitar (Pitar) rudis by Hendy (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. aldrichi, P. californiana, P. cosanguineus, P. matheroni, P. megacostata, P. nuttalliopsis, P. obliquata, P. poulsoni, P. protena, P. ripleyanus, P. sciena, P. sculpturata, P. semeliformis, P. soledadensis, P. stantoni, P. subnasuta, P. subpellucidum, P. swedani, P. thompsoni, P. turneri, P. turneri, P. kavranensis, P. striata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1795	Venus rudis Poli p. 94 figs. pl. 20, figs. 15, 16
1850	Cytherea rudis Wood p. 208
2007	Pitar (Pitar) rudis Hendy

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Veneroidei	(Gray 1854)
—	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Callocardiinae	(Dall 1895)
genus	Pitar	Römer 1857
subgenus	Pitar	Römer 1857
species	rudis	(Poli 1795)

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 (Pitar) rudis Poli 1795

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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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.62000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (28 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Bulgaria	Pitar rudis (60288 60289 60291 60292)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Morocco	Pitar rudis (161327 173165)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Italy	Pitar rudis (78437)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Italy (Pordenone)	Pitar rudis (37380)
Tortonian - Messinian	11.62 - 5.333	Morocco	Pitar rudis (173166)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Italy	Pitar rudis (207784)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Italy	Pitar rudis (78335 78336 78338)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	United Kingdom (England)	Cytherea rudis (84755 84795 84992)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Belgium	Pitar rudis (86801 86802)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	United Kingdom (England)	Cytherea rudis (84759 84764 84819)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Belgium	Pitar rudis (86803 86804 86805)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Italy (Emilia-Romagna)	Pitar rudis (178117)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Italy (Livorno)	Pitar rudis (173663)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	Italy	Pitar rudis (77008)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Morocco	Meretrix rudis (127639)