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Pitar mediterraneus (Aradas & Benoit, 1872) 
AphiaID: 507830

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) > Pitar (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Pitar Römer, 1857
Synonymised
taxa
  Meretrix mediterranea Dautzenberg, 1891
Pitar mediterranea (Tiberi, 1855) (unpublished name)
Venus mediterranea Tiberi, 1855
Venus rudis var. mediterranea Monterosato, 1874
Sources  original description: Aradas A. & Benoit L. (1872-1876). Conchigliologia vivente marina della Sicilia. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali (3) 6: 1-113 + pl. 1-2 [1872]; 113-226 + pl. 3-4 [1874]; 227-324 + pl. 5 [1876] (dates of publication according to Bouchet P. 1982, ^Bollettino Malacologico^ 18, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43283
page(s): 55 [details]


basis of record: 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: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.  [details]

from synonym: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Environment marine
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Note  Authority: The name has often been credited to "Tiberi, 1855" but this was a name on labels, never published by Tiberi himself. The availability of the name has been credited to Dautzenberg (1891) but the description published by Aradas and Benoit (1872) is earlier.  [details]
Image 
Pitar mediterraneus
Pitar mediterraneus
added on 2013-01-07 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507830
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Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2010-08-18 08:38:17Z  created  Tran, Bastien
2010-09-15 11:43:10Z  checked  Huber, Markus
2011-05-23 13:46:23Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S.; Huber, M. (2013). Pitar mediterraneus (Aradas & Benoit, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507830 on 2013-05-20
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