Pitar [Pitar]

Description

The Pitar genus includes a variety of species with robust, often large shells. These clams are distributed in temperate and tropical marine habitats, where they burrow into sandy or muddy bottoms. They are known for their distinct, often colorful, radial patterns on the shell surface.

Species

Dye's Pitar [Pitar Dye]

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Purplish Pitar [Pitar Morrhuanus]

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Atlantic Pitar [Pitar Rudis]

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Speckled Pitar [Pitar Speckled]

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White Pitar [Pitar Albus]

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Taxonomy