NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2006

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Veneridae
  Superfamily - Veneroidea
  Order - Veneroida
  Subclass - Heterodonta
  Class - Bivalvia
  Phylum - Mollusca
  Superphylum - Lophozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Pitar morrhuanus
      Species - Pitar cordatus
      Species - Pitar simpsoni
      Species - Pitar fulminatus
      Species - Pitar pilula
      Species - Pitar zonatus
      Species - Pitar albidus
      Species - Pitar arestus
      Species - Pitar newcombianus