WoRMS taxon details
Pitar laetus (Linnaeus, 1758)
507844 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:507844)
accepted
Species
Caryatis reeveana Hidalgo, 1903 · unaccepted
Cytheraea citrina Lamarck, 1818 sensu G. B. Sowerby II, 1851 · unaccepted (misapplication)
Cytheraea subinflata G. B. Sowerby II, 1851 · unaccepted
Dione striata Reeve, 1863 · unaccepted
Meretrix reeveana (Hildago, 1903) · unaccepted
Pitar (Pitarina) marrowae Healy & Lamprell, 1992 · alternative representation
Pitar marrowae Healy & Lamprell, 1992 · unaccepted
Venus laeta Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Venus laeta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pitar laetus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507844 on 2025-04-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Dione striata Reeve, 1863) Reeve, L. A. (1863-1864). Monograph of the genus <i>Dione</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 14, pls. 1-12 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 2-8, Aug. 1863; 9-12, Oct. 1863; 1, Feb. 1864]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10972225 [details]
original description (of Venus laeta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Pitar (Pitarina) marrowae Healy & Lamprell, 1992) Healy J. & Lamprell K. (1992) New species of Veneridae, Cardiidae, Crassatellidae, Tellinidae and Mactridae from Australia (Veneroida, Bivalvia, Mollusca). <i>Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia</i> 13: 75-97. [30 October 1992]
page(s): 76 [details]
original description (of Cytheraea subinflata G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1851). Monograph of the genus <i>Cytheraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (12): 611-648, pl. 127-136. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936974
page(s): 637, pl. 132, fig. 116 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Venus laeta Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Pitar (Pitarina) marrowae Healy & Lamprell, 1992) Healy J. & Lamprell K. (1992) New species of Veneridae, Cardiidae, Crassatellidae, Tellinidae and Mactridae from Australia (Veneroida, Bivalvia, Mollusca). <i>Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia</i> 13: 75-97. [30 October 1992]
page(s): 76 [details]
original description (of Cytheraea subinflata G. B. Sowerby II, 1851) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1851). Monograph of the genus <i>Cytheraea</i>. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), <i>Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells</i>. Vol. 2 (12): 611-648, pl. 127-136. London, privately published. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43936974
page(s): 637, pl. 132, fig. 116 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pitar marrowae Healy & Lamprell, 1992)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pitar (Pitarina) marrowae Healy & Lamprell, 1992)
To Malacopics (Pitar laetus (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, Western Australia, Shark Bay, in sand and ...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pitar (Pitarina) marrowae Healy & Lamprell, 1992)
To Malacopics (Pitar laetus (Linnaeus, 1758) Australia, Western Australia, Shark Bay, in sand and ...
