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Arca (Scapharca) pittieri Dall, 1912 †
1745263 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1745263)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Arca (Scapharca) J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Anadara (Scapharca) J. E. Gray, 1847 represented as Anadara J. E. Gray, 1847
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Dall, W. H. (1912). New species of fossil shells from Panama and Costa Rica collected by D. F. MacDonald. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 59(2): 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8814665
page(s): 9-10 [details]
page(s): 9-10 [details]
Type locality contained in Costa Rica
type locality contained in Costa Rica (origin: native) [details]
Etymology Named for the Swiss naturalist, Henri François Pittier (1857-1950).
Etymology Named for the Swiss naturalist, Henri François Pittier (1857-1950). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Arca (Scapharca) pittieri Dall, 1912 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1745263 on 2025-09-10
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Dall, W. H. (1912). New species of fossil shells from Panama and Costa Rica collected by D. F. MacDonald. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 59(2): 1-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8814665
page(s): 9-10 [details]
page(s): 9-10 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the Swiss naturalist, Henri François Pittier (1857-1950). [details]
