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Pitar

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Pitar
Pitar laetus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Subfamily: Callocardiinae
Genus: Pitar
Römer, 1857
Synonyms[1]
  • Caryatis Römer, 1862 (junior homonym of Caryatis Hübner, 1819 [Lepidoptera])
  • Cytherea (Caryatis) Romer, 1862
  • Meretrix (Pitar) Römer, 1857
  • Pitar (Calpitaria) Jukes-Browne, 1908· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pitar (Nanopitar) Rehder, 1943· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pitar (Pitar) Römer, 1857· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pitar (Pitarina) Jukes-Browne, 1913
  • Pitar (Prorapitar) M. Huber, 2010· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pitaria Dall, 1902 (unjustified emendation of Pitar)
  • Pitarina Jukes-Browne, 1913
  • Venus (Caryatis) Römer, 1862

Pitar is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the subfamily Callocardiinae of the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. The genus contains over 60 species.[2][3]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ "Pitar". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  2. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 68-69.
  3. ^ Biolib
  4. ^ ITIS
  5. ^ Animal Diversity Web
  6. ^ NCBI
  7. ^ Catalogue of life
  • Jukes-Browne, A. J. 1913. On Callista, Amiantis, and Pitaria. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 10: 335-347.
  • 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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