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Pleuromeris

Pleuromeris is a genus of bivalve molluscs in the family Carditidae.

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Pleuromeris
Temporal range:
Pleuromeris zelandica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Carditida
Family: Carditidae
Genus: Pleuromeris
Conrad, 1867
Type species
Pleuromeris decemcostata
Conrad, 1867
Synonyms12
  • Cardita (Pleuromeris) Conrad, 1867
  • Glans (Pleuromeris) Conrad, 1867
  • Venericardia (Pleuromeris) Conrad, 1867

Pleuromeris is a genus of bivalve molluscs in the family Carditidae.13

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.4

Taxonomy

The genus was first described by Timothy Abbott Conrad in 1867.5

Distribution

Pleuromeris has a cosmopolitan distribution,6 found in areas including South America, the Caribbean Sea, Australia and New Zealand.7 The earliest known fossils date to the Paleocene, and are found in Belgium and New Zealand.2

Species

Species 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

References

  1. Pleuromeris Conrad, 1867. 3 March 2026. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. "Pleuromeris Conrad 1867 (clam)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  3. 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.
  4. Powell, A.W.B. (1979). New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells. Auckland: Collins. p. 407. ISBN 0002169061.
  5. Conrad, T. A. (1867). "Descriptions of new genera and species of fossil shells". American Journal of Conchology. 3 (1): 12 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  6. "Pleuromeris Conrad, 1867". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 3 March 2026.
  7. 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.
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