Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Alternative spellings: Cordiopsis, Pelecyora (Cardiopsis), Sinodia (Cordiopsis)

Parent taxon: Pitar according to O. Mandic and F. F. Steininger 2003

Sister taxa: Meretrix (Pitar) dalikiensis, Pitar (Calpitaria), Pitar (Chionella), 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, Cytherea (Caryatis) pratti

Subtaxa: Cordiopsis incrassata, Pelecyora (Cardiopsis) subathooensis, Sinodia (Cordiopsis) suborbicularis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder