Pitar (Pitar) corbulina Lamarck 1806 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Cytherea corbulina

Belongs to Pitar (Pitar) according to J. Le Renard and J.-M. Pacaud 1995

Sister taxa: Pitar (Pitar) angelinae, Pitar (Pitar) calvimontana, Pitar (Pitar) carmenensis, Pitar (Pitar) cercadica, Pitar (Pitar) consanguineus, Pitar (Pitar) coroanus, Pitar (Pitar) dalli, Pitar (Pitar) dinotus, Pitar (Pitar) distincta, Pitar (Pitar) euglyptus, Pitar (Pitar) ewekoroensis, Pitar (Pitar) gabrielensis, Pitar (Pitar) helenae, Pitar (Pitar) newcombianus, Pitar (Pitar) ovatus, Pitar (Pitar) quirosanus, Pitar (Pitar) rudis, Pitar (Pitar) sapotanus, Pitar (Pitar) tumens, Pitar (Pitar) yasila

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pitar (Pitar) corbulina in the database

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