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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).
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).
Species
P. (Pitaria), P. altoumbonata, P. ashiyaensis, P. baldryi, P. behri, P. buenavistana, P. calcanea, P. californiana, P. concinna, P. conradi, P. intica, P. kyushuensis, P. lorenzana, P. matsumotoi, P. obscurate, P. palmeri, P. praenominata (syn. Meretrix dalli), P. silicifluvia, P. sorrentoensis, P. takashimaensis, P. verticala, P. yasila, P. yokoyamai
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1857 | Pitaria Roemer |
| 1904 | Meretrix (Pitaria) Cossmann and Pissarro p. 10 |
| 1927 | Pitaria Clark and Woodford p. 96 |
| 1928 | Pitaria Nagao p. 70 |
| 1930 | Pitar (Pitaria) Olsson p. 26 |
| 1931 | Pitaria Olsson p. 56 |
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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) buenovistana Hodson 1927
†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 buenavistana buchivacoana Hodson 1931
†Pitaria calcanea Dall 1903
†Pitaria californiana Conrad 1855
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