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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)
> ultima (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Venericardia (Pleuromeris) Conrad, 1867
Images: Pleuromeris ultima Dell, 1956
Holotype, collected 1 Feb 1954, E of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ (M.009764). 8.5mm. © 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)
> ultima (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Venericardia (Pleuromeris) Conrad, 1867
Details: Pleuromeris ultima Dell, 1956
Size/Grows to:
Width 8.5mm, Height 7.5mm
Distribution:
Off Chatham Islands, from 229-604m
Type Data:
  • 240 metres, E of Forty Fours, Chatham Islands, NZ, (holotype)
  • 285 metres, SE of Pitt Island, Chatham Islands, NZ, (paratype)
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.408)
  • Dell, R.K. 1956 The archibenthal Mollusca of New Zealand, Dominion Museum Bulletin, 18 (p.28) Original Description

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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