MolluscaBase - Pitar (Megapitaria) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931

WoRMS name details

Pitar (Megapitaria) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931

AphiaID

1602060 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1602060)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (original rank)

Accepted Name

Megapitaria U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931

Rank

Subgenus

Typetaxon

Cytherea aurantiaca G. B. Sowerby I, 1831 accepted as Megapitaria aurantiaca (G. B. Sowerby I, 1831) (type by original designation)

Parent

Pitar Römer, 1857

Original name

Pitar (Megapitaria) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931

Environment

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

Original description

Grant, U. S. & Gale, H. R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent region. <em>Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 1036 pp., 32 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2834182
page(s): 346 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pitar (Megapitaria) U. S. Grant & Gale, 1931. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1602060 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2022-09-16 23:46:00Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Grant, U. S. & Gale, H. R. (1931). Catalogue of the marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California and adjacent region. <em>Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History.</em> 1: 1036 pp., 32 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2834182
page(s): 346 [details]