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.Biolib
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 : synonym 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)
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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.