Pitar Potteri

''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 osmund a'' 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)

Catalogue of life
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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.

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Bivalve genera