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Pitaria (Pitaria)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Pitaria (Pitaria) Roemer
1928Pitaria (Pitaria) Price and Palmer p. 25

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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
subgenusPitariaRoemer 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.

Subg. †Pitaria (Pitaria) Roemer 1857
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Pitaria (Pitaria) gazleyensis Price and Palmer 1928
Pitaria (Pitaria) juliae Price and Palmer 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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Lutetian or 59.20000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) Pitaria nuttalliopsis (99721) Pitaria nuttelliopsis (98692 98920 98929 99723 99724 99759 99763 101123 101124 101126 105505)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Louisiana) Pitaria nuttelliopsis (98925 105206 105208)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) Pitaria nuttelliopsis (91845)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Pitaria gazleyensis, Pitaria juliae (205356)