Species Pitar (Pitar) citrinus (Lamarck, 1818)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cytherea citrina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. 1818. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans vertèbres, présentant les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs familles, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent; précédée d'une Introduction offrant la Détermination des caractères essentiels de l'Animal, sa distinction du végétal et des autres corps naturelles, enfin, l'Exposition des Principes fondamentaux de la Zoologie. Vol. 5. 612 pp. [306].

  Type data:

   Holotype GEN MUS Lamarck Coll., no.24, Nouvelle Hollande (Australia).
• Dione ustulata Reeve, L.A. 1863. Monograph of the genus Dione. pls 2-12 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 14. [pl. 11, fig. 49].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

 

Generic Combinations

• Dione citrina (Lamarck, 1818). —
  Reeve, L.A. 1864. Monograph of the genus Dione. pl. 1 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 14. [pl. 10, fig. 43]
• Diona citrina (Lamarck, 1818). —
  Lamprell, K. & Kilburn, R.N. 1999. Lioconcha and Pitar species from the Mascarene and Andaman Islands, with a note on Pitar bucculentus (Röemer, 1862) (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneridae). Vita Marina 46(1-2): 42-51 [47]
• Pitar (Pitarina) citrinus (Lamarck, 1818). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [138, pl. 67, fig. 520]
• Pitar (Pitar) citrinus (Lamarck, 1818). —
  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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [398]
• Diona ustulata (Reeve, 1863). —
  Lamprell, K. & Kilburn, R.N. 1999. Lioconcha and Pitar species from the Mascarene and Andaman Islands, with a note on Pitar bucculentus (Röemer, 1862) (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneridae). Vita Marina 46(1-2): 42-51 [47]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, sand, subtidal.

 

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [3,5]

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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [398, 730-731] (also on CD. Restricts distribution to western and northern Australia)

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J.M. 1997. Pitar Römer from Australian and adjacent waters, with descriptions of four new species (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Veneridae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42(1): 283-306 [287]

Lamprell, K. & Kilburn, R.N. 1999. Lioconcha and Pitar species from the Mascarene and Andaman Islands, with a note on Pitar bucculentus (Röemer, 1862) (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Veneridae). Vita Marina 46(1-2): 42-51 [47]

Lamprell, K. & Stanisic, J. 1996. The genera Pitar, Callista and Lioconcha in New Caledonia and adjacent waters (Vereroidea, Mollusca, Bivalvia). Molluscan Research 16: 27-48 [38]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [138, pl. 67, fig. 520]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
23-Oct-2014	BIVALVIA	07-Jul-2016	MODIFIED	ABRS
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	VENEROIDEA	01-Sep-2011	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
11-Aug-2014		01-Sep-2011	MODIFIED
		25-Jul-2011	MODIFIED