Pleuromeris latiuscula Powell, 1937Species Images
Collected 29 Jan 1999, N of Kerr Point, Tom Bowling Bay, Far North, NZ. (M.148872). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Collected 29 Jan 1999, N of Kerr Point, Tom Bowling Bay, Far North, NZ. (M.148872). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
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Taxonomy: Pleuromeris latiuscula Powell, 1937
Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Archiheterodonta (Infraclass) > Carditida (Order) > Carditoidea (Superfamily) > Carditidae (Family) > Miodomeridinae (Subfamily) > Pleuromeris (Genus) > latiuscula (Species)
Family: Subfamily:
CARDITIDAE: MIODOMERIDINAE
Genus Synonyms:
=Venericardia (Pleuromeris) Conrad, 1867
Details: Pleuromeris latiuscula Powell, 1937
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.2mm, Height 2.2mm
Distribution:
Off Northland to East Cape
Geographical Range:
AE.
Notes:
Distribution Map
References and Publications
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.407)
- Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New Species of Marine Mollusca from New Zealand, Discovery Reports, 15 (p.170) Original Description
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Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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