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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)
> finlayi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Venericardia (Pleuromeris) Conrad, 1867
Images: Pleuromeris finlayi Powell, 1938
Holotype, collected Inner Harbour (Pliocene), Napier, Hawkes Bay, NZ (MA70630). ~15mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected Inner Harbour (Pliocene), Napier, Hawkes Bay, NZ (MA70630). ~15mm. © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
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)
> finlayi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Venericardia (Pleuromeris) Conrad, 1867
Details: Pleuromeris finlayi Powell, 1938
Distribution:
Napier (Pliocene blue clay) and Castlepoint (arenaceous limestone)
Geographical Range:
Fo.
Notes:
Marine, Fossil, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Maxwell, P.A. 2009 Cenozoic Mollusca, New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity, D.P. Gordon (ed), Canterbury University Press: Christchurch, N.Z, 1 (p.236)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1938 A Pliocene molluscan faunule from Castle Point, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2 (p.161) Original Description

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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