Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Veneroidea: Pitarinae

Pitar fulminatus (Menke, 1828)

Range: 35°N to 28°S; 91°W to 35°W
Depth: 0 to 100 m (live 7 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 48 mm

Synonymy

Cytherea hebraea Lamarck, 1818
Cytherea fulminata Menke, 1828
Cytherea varians Hanley, 1844
Cytherea rubiginosa Philippi, 1845
Cytherea penistoni Heilprin, 1889

Details

Cytherea fulminata Menke, 1828, p. 91, not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Brasil
Range: 35°N to 28°S; 91°W to 35°W
Depth: 0 to 100 m (live 7 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 48 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Bermuda
References: Menke (1828) M; Perry & Schwengel (1955) d; Sykes & Hall (1970) l; Lyons (1989b) L

Cytherea hebraea Lamarck, 1818,
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Dall (1902b) s?

Cythera penistoni Heilprin, 1889a, p. 142, pl. 8, fig. 4
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bermuda
Range: 32.3°N ; 64.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: Bermuda
References: Heilprin (1889) NSEWM

Cytherea rubiginosa Philippi, 1845,
[Synonym]
Range: 10°N to 23°S; 60°W to 43°W
Maximum Reported Size: 31 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
References: d'Orbigny (1846) NSEWM

Cytherea varians Hanley, 1844,
[Synonym]

Partial List of References

Heilprin, A. 1889. On some new species of Mollusca from the Bermuda Islands Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 41 141-142, pl. 8.
Menke, K. T. 1828. Synopsis methodica Molluscorum xii + 91 pp. Author: Pyrmont. [True date: post Feb.]

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