Pitar rudis (Poli, 1795)
SW. France (Cap Breton trench in De Folin, 1879), Cantabrian Sea to Angola, Canarias, Azores to Mediterranean. Infralittoral to continental shelf and slope. There is a record in Pallary at 3850m deep (Exploration Scientifique du Maroc – Fasc.2).

Original taxon: Venus rudis.
80m deep, Málaga, Andalucia, S. Spain. 21mm.
50m deep, Almería, Andalucia. 20mm.
Agde, Hérault, Occitania, S. France. 14mm.
Possible juvenile collected at 8m deep inside the sediment, bottom at 13m deep, mouth of Krka river, Prokljan marine lake, Šibenik-Knin Comitat, W. Croatia. 0,9mm.

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