Pleuromeris is a genus of bivalve molluscs in the family Carditidae.[1][3]
| Pleuromeris Temporal range: | |
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| Pleuromeris zelandica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Carditida |
| Family: | Carditidae |
| Genus: | Pleuromeris Conrad, 1867 |
| Type species | |
| Pleuromeris decemcostata Conrad, 1867 | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Description
editMembers of the genus have small subtrigonal shells with prominent beaks, and steep anterior and posterior slopes that constrict the hinge line laterally. A triangular central tooth is found on the right valve.[4]
Taxonomy
editThe genus was first described by Timothy Abbott Conrad in 1867.[5]
Distribution
editSpecies
editSpecies within the genus Pleuromeris include:[1]
- †Pleuromeris archaenepeanensis (Chapman & Crespin, 1928)
- Pleuromeris armilla (Dall, 1903)
- †Pleuromeris auroraensis Ward & Blackwelder, 1987
- Pleuromeris benthicola A. W. B. Powell, 1937
- †Pleuromeris conradiana (Gabb, 1881)
- †Pleuromeris decemcostata Conrad, 1867
- †Pleuromeris finlayi A. W. B. Powell, 1938
- †Pleuromeris fueguina (Steinmann & Wilckens, 1908)
- Pleuromeris hectori A. W. B. Powell, 1938
- †Pleuromeris instata Laws, 1944
- †Pleuromeris kapuaensis (Marwick, 1931)
- †Pleuromeris koruahinensis (Bartrum & A. W. B. Powell, 1928)
- Pleuromeris latiuscula A. W. B. Powell, 1937
- Pleuromeris marshalli (Marwick, 1924)
- Pleuromeris micella Olsson & McGinty, 1958
- †Pleuromeris miniscula (Bartrum & A. W. B. Powell, 1928)
- †Pleuromeris moerdijki Vervoenen & van Nieulande, 2010
- †Pleuromeris murdochi A. W. B. Powell, 1938
- †Pleuromeris otamateaensis Laws, 1944
- Pleuromeris paucicostata Laws, 1940
- †Pleuromeris pecten (Tate, 1886)
- †Pleuromeris prolutea (Marwick, 1929)
- Pleuromeris pygmaea (Kuroda & Habe, 1951)
- Pleuromeris sanmartini Klappenbach, 1970
- †Pleuromeris scituloides (Olsson, 1914)
- †Pleuromeris subpecten Ludbrook, 1955
- †Pleuromeris sulcolunularis (Ihering, 1907)
- †Pleuromeris tellia (Dall, 1903)
- Pleuromeris tridentata (Say, 1826)
- †Pleuromeris trigonalis (Tate, 1886)
- Pleuromeris ultima Dell, 1956
- †Pleuromeris waitotarana Laws, 1940
- Pleuromeris zelandica (Deshayes, 1854)
References
edit- 1 2 3 Pleuromeris Conrad, 1867. 3 March 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- 1 2 "Pleuromeris Conrad 1867 (clam)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 46.
- ↑ Powell, A.W.B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells. Auckland: Collins. p. 407. ISBN 0002169061.
- ↑ Conrad, T. A. (1867). "Descriptions of new genera and species of fossil shells". American Journal of Conchology. 3 (1): 12 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ "Pleuromeris Conrad, 1867". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
- ↑ Pérez, Damián Eduardo (15 January 2019). "Phylogenetic relationships of the family Carditidae (Bivalvia: Archiheterodonta)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17 (16): 1359–1395. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1532463. ISSN 1477-2019. Wikidata Q104454372.