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Cytherea (Pitar) Römer, 1857

AphiaID

1590177 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1590177)

Classification

Status

unaccepted > superseded rank

Accepted name

Pitar Römer, 1857

Rank

Subgenus

Parent

Cytherea Lamarck, 1805 accepted as Meretrix Lamarck, 1799

Original name

Pitar Römer, 1857

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Species Cytherea (Pitar) munda Römer, 1860 accepted as Pitar mundus (Römer, 1860)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Pitar Römer, 1857) Römer E. (1857). Kritische Untersuchung der Arten des Mollusken-Geschlechts <i>Venus</i> bei Linné und Gmelin, mit Berücksichtigung der später beschriebenen Arten. Marburg. xiii + 135 p. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44076
page(s): 15 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Cytherea (Pitar) Römer, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1590177 on 2026-07-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2022-06-19 20:38:20Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2026-05-31 20:34:12Z

changed

Schneider, Simon

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Nomenclature

original description (of Pitar Römer, 1857) Römer E. (1857). Kritische Untersuchung der Arten des Mollusken-Geschlechts <i>Venus</i> bei Linné und Gmelin, mit Berücksichtigung der später beschriebenen Arten. Marburg. xiii + 135 p. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44076
page(s): 15 [details]

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