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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Pitar (Pitarina) citrinus (Lamarck, 1818)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Diona citrina [sic]
   Diona ustulata [sic]
   Cytherea citrina Lamarck, 1818
   Dione citrina (Lamarck, 1818)
   Pitar (Pitarina) citrinus (Lamarck, 1818)
   Pitar (Pitarina) citrina (Lamarck, 1818)
   Chione striata Gray, 1838
   Dione ustulata Reeve, 1863

Distribution

Lamprell & Kilburn, 1999 (KLamprell011): "New Caledonia to Japan... Northern Territory, australis, northern Western Australia to the Andaman Islands."

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Gulf of Carpentaria
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China: Hainan
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: South China Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman and Nicobar: Andaman Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Thailand (W): Phuket
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China: Hong Kong (Xianggang)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
eCode: in sand [ shallow, loose sand and eel grass; coarse sand (Phuket) ]
habitat: rubble [ amog coral rubble (Phuket) ]

References

  Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. p.504 Distribution
 Allan, J. 1950. p.3,5 Distribution
 Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1997. p.287 [ distribution; synonymy; type data; ecology ]  Secondary source
 Lamprell, K. & Kilburn, R.N. 1999. p.47 [ distribution; synonymy; type data; ecology ]  Secondary source
 Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. p.138 General reference
 Tantanasiriwong, R. 1979. p.12,13 [ distribution; ecology ]  Secondary source

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Loboconcha
          Bivalvia
            Heterodonta
              Veneroida
                Veneroidea
                  Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815
                    Pitariinae Stewart, 1930
                      Pitar Römer, 1857
                        Pitar (Pitarina) Jukes-Browne, 1913
                          Pitar (Pitarina) citrinus (Lamarck, 1818)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=17976) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-07-25.