Bivalvia - Veneroidei - Veneridae

PaleoDB taxon number: 162029

Alternative combinations: Pitar centangulata, Pitaria (Hyphantosoma) centangulata

Full reference: A. P. Brown and H. A. Pilsbry. 1911. Fauna of the Gatun Formation, Isthmus of Panama. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciencesof Philadelphia 63(2):336-373

Belongs to Pitar (Hyphantosoma) according to W. P. Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Pitar (Hyphantosoma) carbaseus, Pitar (Hyphantosoma) simonnei

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder