Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative combination: Venus pratti

Belongs to Cytherea (Caryatis) according to E. Vredenburg 1928

Sister taxa: Meretrix (Pitar) dalikiensis, Pitar (Calpitaria), Pitar (Chionella), Pitar (Cordiopsis), Pitar (Costellipitar), Pitar (Hyphantosoma), Pitar (Lamelliconcha), Pitar (Nanopitar), Pitar (Paradione), Pitar (Pitar), Pitar (Pitar) nuttali, Pitar (Pitarenus), Pitar (Pitarina), Pitar albidus, Pitar baylii, Pitar cedroensis, Pitar colchaguana, Pitar cordatus, Pitar mancorensis, Pitar morrhuanus, Pitar petropolitanus, Pitar porrecta, Pitar rostratus, Pitar salanga, Pitar sciaena, Pitar securiformis, Pitar simpsoni, Pitar sorachiensis

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder