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Pitar

{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}

{{for|another use|Historical Romanian ranks and titles}}

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| image = Pitar laetus (MNHN-IM-2012-24825) 002.jpeg

| image_caption = Pitar laetus

| taxon = Pitar

| authority = Römer, 1857

| synonyms_ref = {{cite WoRMS |title=Pitar |id=138644 |access-date=21 January 2022}}

| synonyms =

  • Caryatis Römer, 1862 (junior homonym of Caryatis Hübner, 1819 [Lepidoptera])
  • Cytherea (Caryatis) Romer, 1862
  • Meretrix (Pitar) Römer, 1857
  • {{extinct}}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

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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.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.[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id132036/ Biolib]

Species

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;Synonyms:

[https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=81500 ITIS][http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Pitar/classification/ Animal Diversity Web][https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?lin=s&p=has_linkout&id=115817 NCBI][http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2011/search/all/key/pitar/match/1 Catalogue of life]

References

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  • 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.

External links

  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44076 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]
  • [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15860659 Römer E. (1862). Kritische Uebersicht der Arten ans der Cythereen-gruppe Caryatis Römer (Pitar olim). Malakozoologische Blätter. 9: 58-86]
  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7612547 Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 26 (1312): 335-412]
  • [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7294281 Rehder H.A. (1943). New marine mollusks from the Antillean Region. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 93(3161): 187-203, pls 19-20.]

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Category:Bivalve genera

Category:Long stubs with short prose

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