Species Pitar (Pitar) phoenicopterus (Römer, 1864)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Caryatis phoeniopterus Römer, E. 1864. Novitates Conchologicae. Abbildung und beschreibung neuer conchylien. Supplement 3. Monographie der molluskengattung Venus Linne. Cassel : Theodor Fischer Vol. 1 217 pp. [92, pl. 25, fig. 1].

 

Generic Combinations

• Pitar (Pitar) phoenicopterus (Römer, 1864) [changed combination. s.l. here interpreted as Pitar as interim measure]. —
  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. (on CD)
• Pitar phoenicopterus (Römer, 1864).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

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. [731] (also on CD)

Martens, E.C. von 1894. Mollusken. pp. 81-96, Mit Tafel IV in Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Vol. 5 Systematik, Tiergeographie, Anatomie wirbelloser Tiere. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8(I. Lieferung): 1-160 [95]

 

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	16-Nov-2015	MODIFIED	ABRS
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	VENEROIDEA	01-Sep-2011	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM)
		19-Feb-2013	MODIFIED