Proteopitar patagonicus (d'Orbigny, 1844)

Passos, Flávio Dias, Batistão, Alan Rodrigo & Lima, Luan Lucas Cardoso, 2024, Checklist of marine Bivalvia (Mollusca) from Brazil, with descriptive analyses of their bathymetric and geographical distribution, Zootaxa 5488 (1), pp. 1-94 : 70

455. Proteopitar patagonicus (d'Orbigny, 1844)

Bathymetric distribution: 10–100 m —SW.

Geographical distribution: Brazil (BA) to Magellanic Region—WGD.

Remarks: Specimens of this species from Brazil have been referred to as Pitar rostratus (F. C. L. Koch, 1844) (e.g., Fischer–Piette & Testud 1967b; Rios 1970, 1975, 1985, 1994, 2009; Denadai et al. 2006). However, this is considered a synonym of Proteopitar patagonicus (e.g., Alvarez et al. 2019).

References: Fischer–Piette & Testud (1967b), Fischer–Piette et al. (1969), Rios (1994, 2009), Denadai et al. (2006), Rocha & Matthews–Cascon (2015).