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Species List for Genus: Pleuromeris
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Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Archiheterodonta (Infraclass) > Carditida (Order) > Carditoidea (Superfamily) > Carditidae (Family) > Miodomeridinae (Subfamily) > Pleuromeris (Genus)

  • Genus: Pleuromeris

  • Pleuromeris benthicola Powell, 1937
    Width 2.6mm, Height 2.3mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, and northern North Island as far south as Cape Karikari, from 30-805m
  • Pleuromeris finlayi Powell, 1938
    Marine, Fossil, Native - Endemic
    Napier (Pliocene blue clay) and Castlepoint (arenaceous limestone)
  • Pleuromeris hectori Powell, 1938
    Marine, Recent, Fossil, Native - Endemic
    Off Cape Reinga and north-eastern North Island as far south as Hawkes Bay, from 15-188m
  • Pleuromeris latiuscula Powell, 1937
    Width 2.2mm, Height 2.2mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings Islands and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 13-88m
  • Pleuromeris marshalli (Marwick, 1924)
    Height 6.5mm, Width 6mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Middlesex and King Banks, Three Kings Islands, north-eastern and south-western North Island, and South, Stewart, Auckland, Bounty and Chatham Islands, and Mernoo Bank., from 8-805m
  • Pleuromeris paucicostata Laws, 1940
    Height 9mm, Width 7.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland to Bay of Plenty. Dredged to around 110 metres
  • Pleuromeris ultima Dell, 1956
    Width 8.5mm, Height 7.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Chatham Islands, from 229-604m
  • Pleuromeris zelandica (Deshayes, 1854)
    Width 10mm, Height 9mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Auckland, Antipodes and Chatham Islands, from 2-805m
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