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Pitar (Pitar) Römer, 1857
511247 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:511247)
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Subgenus
Venus tumens Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Pitar tumens (Gmelin, 1791) (type by monotypy)
- Species Pitar (Pitar) elenensis Olsson, 1961 accepted as Pitar consanguineus (C. B. Adams, 1852) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Pitar (Pitar) palmeri Fischer-Piette & Testud, 1967 accepted as Jasypitar palmeri (Fischer-Piette & Testud, 1967) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Pitar (Pitar) similis (Leymerie, 1881) † accepted as Pitar similis (Leymerie, 1881) † (unaccepted > junior homonym, not Venus similis W. Wood, 1828)
- Species Pitar (Pitar) berryi Keen, 1971 represented as Pitar berryi Keen, 1971
- Species Pitar (Pitar) consanguineus (C. B. Adams, 1852) represented as Pitar consanguineus (C. B. Adams, 1852)
- Species Pitar (Pitar) helenae Olsson, 1961 represented as Pitar helenae Olsson, 1961
- Species Pitar (Pitar) laziarinus (Ihering, 1907) † represented as Pitar laziarinus (Ihering, 1907) †
- Species Pitar (Pitar) maiquetiensis Weisbord, 1964 † represented as Pitar maiquetiensis Weisbord, 1964 †
- Species Pitar (Pitar) omissus (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932) represented as Pitar omissus (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
- Species Pitar (Pitar) perfragilis Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 represented as Pitar perfragilis Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932
- Species Pitar (Pitar) rudis (Poli, 1795) represented as Pitar rudis (Poli, 1795)
- Species Pitar (Pitar) saincenyensis (Deshayes, 1857) † represented as Pitar saincenyensis (Deshayes, 1857) †
- Species Pitar (Pitar) soligenus (Römer, 1867) represented as Pitar soligenus (Römer, 1867)
- Species Pitar (Pitar) tigilensis (L. Krishtofovich, 1947) † represented as Pitar tigilensis (L. Krishtofovich, 1947) †
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Pitar Römer, 1857) Römer E. (1857). Kritische Untersuchung der Arten des Mollusken-Geschlechts <i>Venus</i> bei Linné und Gmelin, mit Berücksichtigung der später beschriebenen Arten. Marburg. xiii + 135 p. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44076
page(s): 15 [details]
page(s): 15 [details]
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(of Pitar Römer, 1857) Römer E. (1857). Kritische Untersuchung der Arten des Mollusken-Geschlechts <i>Venus</i> bei Linné und Gmelin, mit Berücksichtigung der später beschriebenen Arten. Marburg. xiii + 135 p. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44076
page(s): 15 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 160 [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 160 [details]
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. [details]
page(s): 15 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 160 [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 160 [details]
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. [details]
