Pitar inconspicuus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835)

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Cytherea inconspicua G. B. Sowerby I, 1835

Conservation Status

Missing (Carlton, 2023)

Last record: <1835 (Carlton, 2023)

Distribution & Habitat

Panama or Peru?

Anatomy & Morphology

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Sowerby, G. B. I. (1835). Characters of and observations on new genera and species of Mollusca and Conchifera collected by Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3(25): 4-7; 3(26): 21-23; 3(27): 41-43; 46-47; 3(28): 49-51; 3(30): 84-85; 3(30): 93-96; 3(31): 109-110.

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.

Huber, Markus. (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. 904 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pitar inconspicuus (G. B. Sowerby I, 1835). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=507826 on 2025-06-26

Petit, R. E. (2009). George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1-218. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2189.1.1

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