Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Veneroidea > Family Veneridae > Subfamily Callocardiinae > Genus Pitar

Pitar mediterraneus (Aradas & Benoit, 1872)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pitar*	Römer, 1857	accepted genus name
*Caryatis*	Römer, 1862	junior homonym
*Meretrix (Pitar)*	Römer, 1857	synonym
*Pitaria*	Dall, 1902	synonym

Species group names

*Cytherea mediterranea*	Aradas & Benoit, 1872	synonym
*Meretrix (Pitar) mediterranea*	Dautzenberg, 1891	synonym
*Pitar mediterranea*	(Tiberi, 1855)	synonym
*Venus mediterranea*	Tiberi, 1855	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pitar mediterraneus (Aradas & Benoit, 1872). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507830