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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)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Venericardia (Pleuromeris) Conrad, 1867
Synonymised Names:
=Cardita zelandica Deshayes, 1854
=Venericardia (Pleuromeris) bollonsi Suter, 1907
=Venericardia bollonsi Suter, 1907
=Venericardia lutea Hutton, 1880
Images: Pleuromeris zelandica (Deshayes, 1854)
Bland Bay, Northland, NZ. 10mm. © rights reserved
Collected 23 Nov 1971, Rawhiti Bay, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ (M.040799). 8mm. © 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)
> zelandica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Venericardia (Pleuromeris) Conrad, 1867
Synonymised Names:
=Cardita zelandica Deshayes, 1854
=Venericardia (Pleuromeris) bollonsi Suter, 1907
=Venericardia bollonsi Suter, 1907
=Venericardia lutea Hutton, 1880
Details: Pleuromeris zelandica (Deshayes, 1854)
Size/Grows to:
Width 10mm, Height 9mm
Distribution:
Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Auckland, Antipodes and Chatham Islands, from 2-805m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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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