Pitar

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Pitar
Pitar laetus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Veneroidea
Family:	Veneridae
Subfamily:	Callocardiinae
Genus:	Pitar Römer, 1857
Synonyms
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.

Species

• Pitar aequinoctialis Fischer-Piette, 1969
• Pitar affinis J. F. Gmelin, 1791
• Pitar alabastrum (Reeve, 1863)
• Pitar albidus J. F. Gmelin, 1791
• Pitar albinus (Lamarck, 1818)
• Pitar arestus Dall & Simpson, 1901
• Pitar bermudezi Macsotay & Campos, 2001
• Pitar berryi Keen, 1971
• Pitar brevispinosus Sowerby, 1851
• Pitar bucculentus (Römer, 1867)
• Pitar bullatus Sowerby, 1851
• Pitar chordatum Roemer, 1867
• Pitar citrinus J. B. Lamarck, 1818
• Pitar consanguineus C. B. Adams, 1852
• Pitar coxeni Smith, 1885
• Pitar curnowae Lamprell & Healy, 1997
• Pitar dohrni (Römer, 1867)
• Pitar elatus (G. B. Sowerby III, 1908)
• Pitar erubescens (Dunker, 1853)
• Pitar fluctuatus Sowerby, 1851
• Pitar fulminatus C. T. Menke, 1828
• Pitar hebraeus J. B. Lamarck, 1818
• Pitar helenae A. A. Olsson, 1961
• Pitar inconspicuus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
• Pitar indecorus (Philippi, 1848)
• Pitar inflatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
• Pitar kathiewayae Lamprell & Kilburn, 1999
• Pitar laetus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pitar lineolatus G.B. Sowerby II, 1854
• Pitar mediterraneus N. D. N. Tiberi, 1855
• Pitar multispinosus Sowerby, 1851
• Pitar mundus (Römer, 1860)
• Pitar newcombianus (Gabb, 1865)
• Pitar ngocthieni Thach, 2016
• Pitar nicklesi Cosel & Gofas, 2018
• Pitar obliquatus Hanley, 1844
• Pitar omissa (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)
• Pitar osmunda T. Iredale, 1936
• Pitar pallescens (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
• Pitar palmeri Fischer-Piette & Testud, 1967
• Pitar pellucidus J. B. Lamarck, 1818
• Pitar perfragilis H. A. Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
• Pitar phoenicopterus (Römer, 1867)
• Pitar pilula Rehder, 1943
• Pitar potteri Healy & Lamprell, 1992
• Pitar prora T. A. Conrad, 1837
• Pitar pura (Deshayes, 1853)
• Pitar queenslandicus Lamprell & Healy, 1997
• Pitar rectodorsalis Lamprell & Kilburn, 1999
• Pitar reeveanum J. Hidalgo, 1903
• Pitar rosea Broderip & Sowerby, 1829
• Pitar rostratus Koch, 1844
• Pitar rudis Poli, 1795
• Pitar rufescens (Deshayes, 1853)
• Pitar simpsoni W. H. Dall, 1889
• Pitar soligena (Römer, 1867)
• Pitar sophiae G. F. Angas, 1877
• Pitar striatus Gray, 1838
• Pitar subpellucidus Sowerby, 1851
• Pitar sulfureus H. A. Pilsbry, 1904
• Pitar tahitensis (Philippi, 1851)
• Pitar thornleyae Lamprell & Healy, 1997
• Pitar tortuosus W. J. Broderip, 1835
• Pitar trevori Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990
• Pitar tumens J. F. Gmelin, 1791
• Pitar virgo (Gray, 1838)
• Pitar vinaceus A. A. Olsson, 1961
• Pitar vulneratus W. J. Broderip, 1835

Synonyms

• Pitar abbreviatus C. F. Krauss, 1848 : synonym of Pitar hebraeus (Lamarck, 1818)
• Pitar aletes J. G. Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948 : synonym of Hyphantosoma aletes (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948)
• Pitar alternatus W. J. Broderip, 1835 : synonym of Lamelliconcha alternata (Broderip, 1835)
• Pitar callicomatus'' W. H. Dall, 1902 : syno,nym of Lamelliconcha callicomata (Dall, 1902)
• Pitar circinatus I. von Born, 1778 : synonym of Lamelliconcha circinata (Born, 1778)
• Pitar concinnus G.B. Sowerby I, 1835 : synonym of Lamelliconcha concinna (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
• Pitar cordatus Schwengel, 1951 : synonym of Pitarenus cordatus (Schwengel, 1951)
• Pitar dione C. Linnaeus, 1758 : synonym of Hysteroconcha dione (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Pitar elenensis A. A. Olsson, 1961 : synonym of Pitar consanguineus (C. B. Adams, 1852)
• Pitar floridella Gray, 1838 : synonym of Callista floridella (Gray, 1838)
• Pitar frizzelli J. G. Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948 : synonym of Callpita frizzelli (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948) (original combination)
• Pitar hertleini A. A. Olsson, 1961 : synonym of Hyphantosoma pollicaris (Carpenter, 1864)
• Pitar hesperius Berry, 1960 : synonym of Lamelliconcha alternata (Broderip, 1835)
• Pitar hoffstetteri Fischer-Piette, 1969 : synonym of Pitar consanguineus (C. B. Adams, 1852)
• Pitar inconstans Ch. Hedley, 1923 : synonym of Costellipitar inconstans (Hedley, 1923)
• Pitar indecoroides Yokoyama, 1928 : synonym of Costellipitar indecoroides (Yokoyama, 1928)
• Pitar japonicum T. Kuroda & T. Kawamoto, 1956 : synonym of Aphrodora kurodai (Matsubara, 2007) (Invalid: junior homonym of Pitar japonica Ando, 1953; Pitar kurodai is a replacement name)
• Pitar levis Zorina, 1978 : synonym of Aphrodora hungerfordi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)
• Pitar limatulum G.B. Sowerby II, 1853 : synonym of Hyphantosoma limatulum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
• Pitar lupanaria R. P. Lesson, 1830 : synonym of Hysteroconcha lupanaria (Lesson, 1831)
• Pitar madecassinus Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967 : synonym of Costellipitar madecassinus (Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967)
• Pitar manillae G.B. Sowerby II, 1851 : synonym of Costellipitar manillae (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
• Pitar morrhuanus Linsley, 1848 : synonym of Agriopoma morrhuanum (Dall, 1902)
• Pitar nancyae Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990 : synonym of Hyphantosoma nancyae (Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990)
• Pitar nipponica T. Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971 : synonym of Aphrodora nipponica (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
• Pitar noguchii T. Habe, 1958 : synonym of Aphrodora noguchii (Habe, 1958)
• Pitar paytensis d'Orbigny, 1845 : synonym of Lamelliconcha paytensis (d'Orbigny, 1845)
• Pitar pollicaris P. P. Carpenter, 1864 : synonym of Hyphantosoma pollicaris (Carpenter, 1864)
• Pitar regularis Smith, 1885 : synonym of Costellipitar regularis (E. A. Smith, 1885)
• Pitar spoori Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990 : synonym of Hyphantosoma spoori (Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990)
• Pitar sulcata Zorina, 1978 : synonym of Aphrodora sulcata (Zorina, 1978)
• Pitar tellinoidea G.B. Sowerby II, 1851 : synonym of Costellipitar cor (Hanley, 1844)
• Pitar unicolor G.B. Sowerby I, 1835 : synonym of Lamelliconcha unicolor (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)
• Pitar variegatum T. Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971 : synonym of Pitar inflatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)
• Pitar yerburyi Smith, 1891 : synonym of Aphrodora yerburyi (E. A. Smith, 1891)
• Pitar zonatus W. H. Dall, 1902 : synonym of Pitarenus zonatus (Dall, 1902)

References

• 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

• 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
• Römer E. (1862). Kritische Uebersicht der Arten ans der Cythereen-gruppe Caryatis Römer (Pitar olim). Malakozoologische Blätter. 9: 58-86
• 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
• 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.