Biology:Pleuromeris
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Pleuromeris is a genus of bivalve molluscs in the family Carditidae.[1][2]
Description
Members 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.[3]
Taxonomy
The genus was first described by Timothy Abbott Conrad in 1867.[4]
Distribution
Pleuromeris has a cosmopolitan distribution,[5] found in areas including South America, the Caribbean Sea, Australia and New Zealand.[6] The earliest known fossils date to the Paleocene, and are found in Belgium and New Zealand.[7]
Species
Species within the genus Pleuromeris include:[1]
- †Pleuromeris miniscula (Chapman & Crespin, 1928)
- A. W. B. Powell, 1937 (Bartrum & A. W. B. Powell, 1928)
- †Pleuromeris moerdijki Vervoenen & van Nieulande, 2010
- †Pleuromeris murdochi † Pleuromeris conradiana
- A. W. B. Powell, 1938 † Pleuromeris otamateaensis
- Laws, 1944 Pleuromeris paucicostata
- (Gabb, 1881) Laws, 1940
- †Pleuromeris pecten (Tate, 1886)
- †Pleuromeris prolutea † Pleuromeris decemcostata
- (Marwick, 1929) Pleuromeris pygmaea
- (Kuroda & Habe, 1951) Pleuromeris armilla
- Conrad, 1867 Klappenbach, 1970
- †Pleuromeris scituloides (Olsson, 1914)
- †Pleuromeris subpecten † Pleuromeris finlayi
- Ludbrook, 1955 † Pleuromeris sulcolunularis
- (Ihering, 1907) † Pleuromeris tellia
- A. W. B. Powell, 1938 (Dall, 1903)
- Pleuromeris tridentata (Say, 1826)
- †Pleuromeris trigonalis † Pleuromeris fueguina
- (Tate, 1886) Pleuromeris ultima
- Dell, 1956 † Pleuromeris archaenepeanensis
- (Dall, 1903) (Steinmann & Wilckens, 1908)
- Laws, 1940 Pleuromeris zelandica
- (Deshayes, 1854) Pleuromeris hectori
- A. W. B. Powell, 1938 † Pleuromeris instata
- †Pleuromeris auroraensis Laws, 1944
- †Pleuromeris kapuaensis (Marwick, 1931)
- †Pleuromeris koruahinensis Ward & Blackwelder, 1987
- (Bartrum & A. W. B. Powell, 1928) Pleuromeris latiuscula
- A. W. B. Powell, 1937 Pleuromeris marshalli
- Pleuromeris benthicola (Marwick, 1924)
- Pleuromeris micella Olsson & McGinty, 1958
- †Pleuromeris waitotarana Pleuromeris sanmartini
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pleuromeris Conrad, 1867. 3 March 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ 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. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6658654.
- ↑ "Pleuromeris Conrad, 1867". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/2286642.
- ↑ , Wikidata Q104454372
- ↑ "Pleuromeris Conrad 1867 (clam)". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18092.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3017370 entry
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