WoRMS name details
Pitar (Macrocallista) Meek, 1876
1803750 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1803750)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Subgenus
Venus gigantea Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Macrocallista nimbosa ([Lightfoot], 1786) (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Callista (Macrocallista) Meek, 1876) Meek, F. B. (1876). A report on the invertebrate Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils of the upper Missouri country. In: Hayden, F.V. (Ed.) Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. 9: lxiv + 1–629, 45 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2024294
page(s): 179 [details]
page(s): 179 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pitar (Macrocallista) Meek, 1876. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1803750 on 2025-04-05
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(of Callista (Macrocallista) Meek, 1876) Meek, F. B. (1876). A report on the invertebrate Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils of the upper Missouri country. In: Hayden, F.V. (Ed.) Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. 9: lxiv + 1–629, 45 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2024294
page(s): 179 [details]
page(s): 179 [details]