- English Common Name
- Yellow Pitar Venus
- Scientific name
- Pitar citrinus
- Taxonomy
- Order: Venerida, Family: Veneridae
- Size
- About 5 cm
- Species Distribution
- Amamioshima and Okinawa Islands, Sakishima Group. Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, Australia
- Okinawa Red List of Threatened Species: Near Threatened
- Japan Red List of Threatened Species: Vulnerable
- This species is in a class of Bivalvia closely related to Asari Clam. A part of its shell is sunset-colored. Population is decreasing. It is uncommon to find this species during clamming.
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- Updated September 2017
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