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

Pitar Römer, 1857

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Caryatis Römer, 1862 junior homonym
Meretrix (Pitar) Römer, 1857 synonym
Pitaria Dall, 1902 synonym

Children

Pitar mediterraneus (Aradas & Benoit, 1872)
Pitar rudis (Poli, 1795)
Pitar tumens (Gmelin, 1791)

Literature

original description

Römer E. (1857). Kritische Untersuchung der Arten des Mollusken-Geschlechts Venus bei Linné und Gmelin, mit Berücksichtigung der später beschriebenen Arten. Marburg. xiii + 135 p.

redescription

Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pitar Römer, 1857. 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:138644

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2022-08-30 by Simon Schneider

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