Misplaced Pages

Pitar fulminatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Family:	Veneridae
Subfamily:	Callocardiinae
Genus:	Pitar
Species:	P. fulminatus
Binomial name
Pitar fulminatus (Menke, 1828)
Synonyms
Cytherea fulminata Menke, 1828 Cytherea penistoni Heilprin, 1890 Cytherea rubiginosa Philippi, 1845 Cytherea varians Hanley, 1844 Venus holosericea Gmelin, 1791

Pitar fulminatus, commonly known as the lightning venus clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to Brazil and Bermuda.

References

1. "Pitar fulminatus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
2. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 69.

This Veneridae-related article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Pitar
• Bivalves described in 1828
• Veneridae stubs