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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CARDITIDAE: MIODOMERIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Carditidae (Family)
> Miodomeridinae (Subfamily)
> Pleuromeris (Genus)
> latiuscula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Venericardia (Pleuromeris) Conrad, 1867
Images: Pleuromeris latiuscula Powell, 1937
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)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CARDITIDAE: MIODOMERIDINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Heterodonta (Subclass)
> Archiheterodonta (Infraclass)
> Carditida (Order)
> Carditoidea (Superfamily)
> Carditidae (Family)
> Miodomeridinae (Subfamily)
> Pleuromeris (Genus)
> latiuscula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Venericardia (Pleuromeris) Conrad, 1867
Details: Pleuromeris latiuscula Powell, 1937
Size/Grows to:
Width 2.2mm, Height 2.2mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 13-88m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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

*98 © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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