Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Veneroidea > Family Veneridae > Genus Pitar

Pitar mediterraneus (Aradas & Benoit, 1872)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pitar*	Römer, 1857	accepted genus name
*Meretrix (Pitar)*	Römer, 1857	synonym

Species group names

*Cytherea mediterranea*	Aradas & Benoit, 1872	synonym
*Meretrix (Pitar) mediterranea*	Dautzenberg, 1891	synonym
*Pitar mediterranea*	(Tiberi, 1855)	synonym

Literature

original description	Aradas A. & Benoit L. (1872-1876). Conchigliologia vivente marina della Sicilia. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali (3) 6: 1-113 + pl. 1-2 [1872]; 113-226 + pl. 3-4 [1874]; 227-324 + pl. 5 [1876] (dates of publication according to Bouchet P. 1982, ^Bollettino Malacologico^ 18
basis of record	Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

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Citation

Gofas, S.; Huber, M. (2014). Pitar mediterraneus. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507830