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 rudis (Poli, 1795)

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 gracilenta*	Locard, 1891	synonym
*Cytherea rugata*	Locard, 1891	synonym
*Cytherea venetiana*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Meretrix rudis*	(Poli, 1795)	synonym
*Meretrix rudis var. radiata*	Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1893	synonym
*Venus ochropicta*	Krynicki, 1837	synonym
*Venus pectunculus*	Brocchi, 1814	synonym
*Venus rudis*	Poli, 1795	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Greek: Αγριοαχιβάδα

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	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.
additional source	Zamouri-Langar, N.; Chouba, L.; Ajjabi Chebil, L.; Mrabet, R.; El Abed, A. (2011). Les coquillages bivalves des côtes tunisiennes. Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer: Salammbô. ISBN 978-9938-9512-0-2. 128 pp.
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 rudis (Poli, 1795). 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:141926