Species Pitar (Pitar) subpellucidus (Sowerby, 1851)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cytherea subpellucidus Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1851. Monographs of the genera Mereo, Cytheraea, Circe. 611-646, pls 127-136 in Thesaurus conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 (12). [639, pl. 133, fig. 136].
• Dione torresica 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. 51].

 

Generic Combinations

• Pitar (Pitar) subpellucidus (Sowerby, 1851). —
  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. [400]
• Pitar (Pitarina) subpellucidus (Sowerby, 1851). —
  Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [138, pl. 67, fig. 518]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Western and central Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, sand.

 

General References

Hedley, C. 1899. The Mollusca of Funafuti. Part 2. Pelecypoda and Brachiopoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 3: 489-510 [501]

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. [400] (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 [297] (as Pitar (Pitarina) subpellucidus (Sowerby, 1851))

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [138, pl. 67, fig. 518]

 

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		02-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		25-Jul-2011	MODIFIED