Species Pitar (Pitar) laetus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Venus laeta Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [686].
• Pitar (Pitarina) marrowae Healy, J.M. & Lamprell, K. 1992. New species of Veneridae, Cardiidae, Crassatellidae, Tellinidae and Mactridae from Australia (Veneroida, Bivalvia, Mollusca). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 13: 75-97 [76].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM QMMO32900, in sandy mud flats at low tide, Dingo Beach, central Qld; [20°05'S, 148°30'].

 

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. (see CD for additional synonyms)

 

Generic Combinations

• Pitar (Pitar) laetus (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  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. [399]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

SE Asia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, mud bottom–marine, rubble, sand, subtidal.

 

General References

Healy, J.M. & Lamprell, K. 1992. New species of Veneridae, Cardiidae, Crassatellidae, Tellinidae and Mactridae from Australia (Veneroida, Bivalvia, Mollusca). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 13: 75-97 [76]

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. [399, 731] (also on CD)

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 [289]

 

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)
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