Pitar fluctuatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Cytheraea fluctuata G. B. Sowerby II, 1851

Conservation Status

Missing (Carlton, 2023)

Last record: <1851 (Carlton, 2023)

Distribution & Habitat

Ecuador

Anatomy & Morphology

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Sowerby, G. B. II. (1851). Monograph of the genus Cytheraea. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 2 (12): 611-648, pl. 127-136. London, privately published. [634, pl. 136, figs 185, 186]

Other references:

Carlton, James T. (2023). Marine Invertebrate Neoextinctions: An Update and Call for Inventories of Globally Missing Species. Diversity 15(6): 782. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15060782

Coan, E. V. and Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve Seashells of tropical West America: Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru; Parts 1 and 2. Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. 1258 pp. ["page(s): 814-815; note: generic placemet ang geographic origin tentative" (MolluscBase eds., 2025)]

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pitar fluctuatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1851). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714793 on 2025-06-25

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