Pitarenus cordatus

Species of bivalve

Pitarenus cordatus

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Bivalvia
Order:  | Venerida
Superfamily:  | Veneroidea
Family:  | Veneridae
Genus:  | Pitarenus
Species:  |

P. cordatus

Binomial name
Pitarenus cordatus

(Schwengel, 1951)

Synonyms

* Pitar cordatus Schwengel, 1951
* Pitaria cordata Schwengel, 1951 (basionym)

Pitarenus cordatus, or the cordate venus clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. It can be found throughout the Gulf of Mexico and the Florida Keys.[1] [2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 68.
2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pitarenus cordatus (Schwengel, 1951). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420957 on 2022-01-20

* Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg
* Huber, M. (2010). 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. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Taxon identifiers

Pitarenus cordatus|

* Wikidata: Q14110794
* CoL: 77MCF
* GBIF: 6524659
* iNaturalist: 253655
* IRMNG: 11703252
* SeaLifeBase: 48856
* WoRMS: 420957

Pitar cordatus|

* Wikidata: Q3018010
* CoL: 6VMBJ
* Fossilworks: 146427
* GBIF: 2287697
* IRMNG: 11053471
* ITIS: 81502
* SeaLifeBase: 151130
* WoRMS: 582804

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