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Pitar uvasana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy
Meretrix uvasana was named by Conrad (1855). Its type specimen is ANSP 4457 (neotype) and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pitar (Calpitaria) uvasanus by Stewart (1930); it was recombined as Pitar (Calpitaria) uvasana by Squires (1984); it was recombined as Pitar uvasana by Squires (1999), Hendy (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Meretrix uvasana Conrad p. 9 figs. pl. 1., FIg. 3
1864Meretrix uvasana Gabb p. 163 figs. PL 30, Fig. 248
1915Meretrix tejonensis Dickerson p. 53 figs. Plate 3, figures 2a and 2b
1930Pitar (Calpitaria) uvasanus Stewart pp. 235 - 236 figs. Plate 12. fig. 7
1984Pitar (Calpitaria) uvasana Squires p. 51 figs. Figures 12i-j
1987Pitar tejonensis Nilsen pp. 91, 93
1999Pitar uvasana Squires p. 27
2020Pitar uvasana Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyCallocardiinae(Dall 1895)
genusPitarRömer 1857
speciesuvasana()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Pitar uvasana Conrad 1855
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Invalid names: Meretrix tejonensis Dickerson 1915 [objective synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-04 16:38:09
Modified: 2009-09-04 18:38:09
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Bartonian or 59.20000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Pitar uvasana (52596 52600)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Oregon) Pitar uvasana (200795 200796 200797 200803 200804)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Pitar uvasana (52420 52421 52422 52426 type locality: 52427 52428 52429 52431 207323 207325 207327) Pitar uvasanus (167604)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (California) Pitar uvasanus (8011)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Meretrix tejonensis (207123 207124 207127) Meretrix uvasana (207115) Meretrix uvasana, Meretrix tejonensis (207112 207113)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (California) Pitar uvasanus (111552)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Pitar uvasana (94826) Pitar uvasana, Pitar uvasanus (8012) Pitar uvasanus (94824 200744 202094)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Pitar tejonensis (194185) Pitar uvasana (194184) Pitar uvasanus (194187)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) Meretrix tejonensis (122295 122296 122340) Pitar tejonensis (52828) Pitar uvasana (52827)