Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Callocardia (Agriopoma) catharia in Dall 1902; Pitar catharius in Bernard 1983; Callocardia catharia in Horton, 2021; (P. catharius) LACM: 34-20, 34-24 (fide Kaiser, 1997)

Origin: Native

Distribution: (P. catharius) From Ballenas Bay, west coast of Baja California to the Gulf of California and south to Caleta la Cruz, northern Peru, in depths of 13 to 80 m.

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• Dall, W.H. (1902) Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American recent species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 26(1312): 335-412, pls. 12-16.
• Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.