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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Bivalvia Veneroida Veneridae 

Pitar (Pitarina) medipictus Lamprell & Kilburn, 1999

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Caryatis hebraea auct.
   Pitar medipictus Lamprell & Kilburn, 1999

Distribution

Lamprell & Kilburn, 1999: "Endemic to the Agulhas Bank and Transkei shelf, from False Bay to off Port St Johns."

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereSouth Africa (Cape marine Province)

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: continental slope [ 50-220m ]
habitat: in mud [ occasionally in mud ]
habitat: sand [ mainly in coarse sand ]

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) medipictus Lamprell & Kilburn, 1999

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=65847) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-03-07. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-07-24.