Pitar

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Pitar
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Pitar laetus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Subfamily: Callocardiinae
Genus: Pitar
Römer, 1857
Synonyms [1]
  • CaryatisRömer, 1862 (junior homonym of CaryatisHübner, 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
  • PitariaDall, 1902 (unjustified emendation of Pitar)
  • PitarinaJukes-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]

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Species

Synonyms

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References

  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