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 <small> Fischer-Piette, 1969 </small>
- Pitar affinis <small> J. F. Gmelin, 1791 </small>
- Pitar alabastrum <small>(Reeve, 1863)</small>
- Pitar albidus <small> J. F. Gmelin, 1791 </small>
- Pitar albinus <small>(Lamarck, 1818)</small>
- Pitar arestus <small> Dall & Simpson, 1901 </small>
- Pitar bermudezi <small>Macsotay & Campos, 2001</small>
- Pitar berryi <small>Keen, 1971</small>
- Pitar brevispinosus <small> Sowerby, 1851 </small>
- Pitar bucculentus <small>(Römer, 1867)</small>
- Pitar bullatus <small> Sowerby, 1851 </small>
- Pitar chordatum <small> Roemer, 1867 </small>
- Pitar citrinus <small> J. B. Lamarck, 1818 </small>
- Pitar consanguineus <small> C. B. Adams, 1852 </small>
- Pitar coxeni <small> Smith, 1885 </small>
- Pitar curnowae <small>Lamprell & Healy, 1997</small>
- Pitar dohrni <small>(Römer, 1867)</small>
- Pitar elatus <small>(G. B. Sowerby III, 1908)</small>
- Pitar erubescens <small>(Dunker, 1853)</small>
- Pitar fluctuatus <small> Sowerby, 1851 </small>
- Pitar fulminatus <small> C. T. Menke, 1828 </small>
- Pitar hebraeus <small> J. B. Lamarck, 1818 </small>
- Pitar helenae <small> A. A. Olsson, 1961 </small>
- Pitar inconspicuus <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)</small>
- Pitar indecorus <small>(Philippi, 1848)</small>
- Pitar inflatus <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)</small>
- Pitar kathiewayae <small>Lamprell & Kilburn, 1999</small>
- Pitar laetus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Pitar lineolatus <small>G.B. Sowerby II, 1854 </small>
- Pitar mediterraneus <small> N. D. N. Tiberi, 1855 </small>
- Pitar multispinosus <small> Sowerby, 1851 </small>
- Pitar mundus <small>(Römer, 1860)</small>
- Pitar newcombianus <small>(Gabb, 1865)</small>
- Pitar ngocthieni <small>Thach, 2016</small>
- Pitar nicklesi <small>Cosel & Gofas, 2018</small>
- Pitar obliquatus <small> Hanley, 1844 </small>
- Pitar omissa <small>(Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932)</small>
- Pitar osmunda <small> T. Iredale, 1936 </small>
- Pitar pallescens <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)</small>
- Pitar palmeri <small> Fischer-Piette & Testud, 1967 </small>
- Pitar pellucidus <small> J. B. Lamarck, 1818 </small>
- Pitar perfragilis <small> H. A. Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932 </small>
- Pitar phoenicopterus <small>(Römer, 1867)</small>
- Pitar pilula <small> Rehder, 1943 </small>
- Pitar potteri <small>Healy & Lamprell, 1992</small>
- Pitar prora <small> T. A. Conrad, 1837 </small>
- Pitar pura <small>(Deshayes, 1853)</small>
- Pitar queenslandicus <small>Lamprell & Healy, 1997</small>
- Pitar rectodorsalis <small>Lamprell & Kilburn, 1999</small>
- Pitar reeveanum <small> J. Hidalgo, 1903 </small>
- Pitar rosea <small> Broderip & Sowerby, 1829 </small>
- Pitar rostratus <small> Koch, 1844 </small>
- Pitar rudis <small> Poli, 1795 </small>
- Pitar rufescens <small>(Deshayes, 1853)</small>
- Pitar simpsoni <small> W. H. Dall, 1889 </small>
- Pitar soligena <small>(Römer, 1867)</small>
- Pitar sophiae <small> G. F. Angas, 1877 </small>
- Pitar striatus <small> Gray, 1838 </small>
- Pitar subpellucidus <small> Sowerby, 1851 </small>
- Pitar sulfureus <small> H. A. Pilsbry, 1904 </small>
- Pitar tahitensis <small>(Philippi, 1851)</small>
- Pitar thornleyae <small>Lamprell & Healy, 1997</small>
- Pitar tortuosus <small> W. J. Broderip, 1835 </small>
- Pitar trevori <small> Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990 </small>
- Pitar tumens <small> J. F. Gmelin, 1791 </small>
- Pitar virgo <small>(Gray, 1838)</small>
- Pitar vinaceus <small> A. A. Olsson, 1961 </small>
- Pitar vulneratus <small> W. J. Broderip, 1835 </small>
Synonyms:
- Pitar abbreviatus <small> C. F. Krauss, 1848 </small>: synonym of Pitar hebraeus <small>(Lamarck, 1818)</small>
- Pitar aletes <small> J. G. Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948 </small>: synonym of Hyphantosoma aletes <small>(Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948)</small>
- Pitar alternatus <small> W. J. Broderip, 1835 </small>: synonym of Lamelliconcha alternata <small>(Broderip, 1835)</small>
- Pitar callicomatus' <small> W. H. Dall, 1902 </small>: syno,nym of Lamelliconcha callicomata <small>(Dall, 1902)</small>
- Pitar circinatus <small> I. von Born, 1778 </small>: synonym of Lamelliconcha circinata <small>(Born, 1778)</small>
- Pitar concinnus <small>G.B. Sowerby I, 1835 </small>: synonym of Lamelliconcha concinna <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)</small>
- Pitar cordatus <small> Schwengel, 1951 </small>: synonym of Pitarenus cordatus <small>(Schwengel, 1951)</small>
- Pitar dione <small> C. Linnaeus, 1758 </small>: synonym of Hysteroconcha dione <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
- Pitar elenensis <small> A. A. Olsson, 1961 </small>: synonym of Pitar consanguineus <small>(C. B. Adams, 1852)</small>
- Pitar floridella <small> Gray, 1838 </small>: synonym of Callista floridella <small>(Gray, 1838)</small>
- Pitar frizzelli <small> J. G. Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948 </small>: synonym of Callpita frizzelli <small>(Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1948)</small> (original combination)
- Pitar hertleini <small> A. A. Olsson, 1961 </small>: synonym of Hyphantosoma pollicaris <small>(Carpenter, 1864)</small>
- Pitar hesperius <small> Berry, 1960 </small>: synonym of Lamelliconcha alternata <small>(Broderip, 1835)</small>
- Pitar hoffstetteri <small> Fischer-Piette, 1969 </small>: synonym of Pitar consanguineus <small>(C. B. Adams, 1852)</small>
- Pitar inconstans <small> Ch. Hedley, 1923 </small>: synonym of Costellipitar inconstans <small>(Hedley, 1923)</small>
- Pitar indecoroides <small> Yokoyama, 1928 </small>: synonym of Costellipitar indecoroides <small>(Yokoyama, 1928)</small>
- Pitar japonicum <small> T. Kuroda & T. Kawamoto, 1956 </small>: synonym of Aphrodora kurodai <small>(Matsubara, 2007)</small> (Invalid: junior homonym of Pitar japonica <small>Ando, 1953</small>; Pitar kurodai is a replacement name)
- Pitar levis <small> Zorina, 1978 </small>: synonym of Aphrodora hungerfordi <small>(G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)</small>
- Pitar limatulum <small>G.B. Sowerby II, 1853 </small>: synonym of Hyphantosoma limatulum <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)</small>
- Pitar lupanaria <small> R. P. Lesson, 1830 </small>: synonym of Hysteroconcha lupanaria <small>(Lesson, 1831)</small>
- Pitar madecassinus <small> Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967 </small>: synonym of Costellipitar madecassinus <small>(Fischer-Piette & Delmas, 1967)</small>
- Pitar manillae <small >G.B. Sowerby II, 1851 </small>: synonym of Costellipitar manillae <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1851</small>)
- Pitar morrhuanus <small> Linsley, 1848 </small>: synonym of Agriopoma morrhuanum <small>(Dall, 1902)</small>
- Pitar nancyae <small> Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990 </small>: synonym of Hyphantosoma nancyae <small>(Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990)</small>
- Pitar nipponica <small> T. Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971 </small>: synonym of Aphrodora nipponica <small>(Kuroda & Habe, 1971)</small>
- Pitar noguchii <small> T. Habe, 1958 </small>: synonym of Aphrodora noguchii <small>(Habe, 1958)</small>
- Pitar paytensis <small> d'Orbigny, 1845 </small>: synonym of Lamelliconcha paytensis <small>(d'Orbigny, 1845)</small>
- Pitar pollicaris <small> P. P. Carpenter, 1864 </small>: synonym of Hyphantosoma pollicaris <small>(Carpenter, 1864)</small>
- Pitar regularis <small> Smith, 1885 </small>: synonym of Costellipitar regularis <small>(E. A. Smith, 1885)</small>
- Pitar spoori <small>Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990 </small>: synonym of Hyphantosoma spoori <small>(Lamprell & Whitehead, 1990)</small>
- Pitar sulcata <small>Zorina, 1978 </small>: synonym of Aphrodora sulcata <small>(Zorina, 1978)</small>
- Pitar tellinoidea <small> G.B. Sowerby II, 1851 </small>: synonym of Costellipitar cor <small>(Hanley, 1844)</small>
- Pitar unicolor <small>G.B. Sowerby I, 1835 </small>: synonym of Lamelliconcha unicolor <small>(G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)</small>
- Pitar variegatum <small> T. Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971 </small>: synonym of Pitar inflatus <small>(G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)</small>
- Pitar yerburyi <small> Smith, 1891 </small>: synonym of Aphrodora yerburyi <small>(E. A. Smith, 1891)</small>
- Pitar zonatus <small> W. H. Dall, 1902 </small>: synonym of Pitarenus zonatus <small>(Dall, 1902)</small>
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.
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