Pitar
For other uses, see Pitar (disambiguation).
| Pitar | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Subkingdom: | Metazoa |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Pitar Römer, 1857 |
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Pitar is a genus of saltwater clams, marine venerid bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams. This genus contains over 60 species.[1]
Species
Species within the genus Pitar include:
- Pitar albidus (Gmelin, 1791) — white venus clam
- Pitar circinatus (Born, 1778) — purple venus clam
- Pitar cordatus (Schwengel, 1951) — cordate venus clam
- Pitar dione (Linnaeus, 1758) — elegant venus clam
- Pitar fulminatus (Menke, 1828) — lightning venus clam
- Pitar morrhuanus (Linsley, 1848) — false quahog
References
- ↑ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Altantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 68-69.