Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Alternative combination: Venericardia (Pleuromeris) marshalli
Full reference: J. A. Marwick. 1924. Paleontological notes on some Pliocene Mollusca of Hawke's Bay. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 55:191-201
Belongs to Pleuromeris according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990
See also Fleming 1966 and Marwick 1924
Sister taxa: Pleuromeris (Choniocardia), Pleuromeris acaris, Pleuromeris archaenepeanenesis, Pleuromeris auroraensis, Pleuromeris conradiana, Pleuromeris decemcostata, Pleuromeris elegantoides, Pleuromeris finlayi, Pleuromeris hectori, Pleuromeris inflatior, Pleuromeris inflator, Pleuromeris instata, Pleuromeris kapuaensis, Pleuromeris murdochi, Pleuromeris otamateaensis, Pleuromeris paucicostata, Pleuromeris pecten, Pleuromeris prolutea, Pleuromeris tridentata, Pleuromeris waitotarana, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) parva, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) scitula, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) scituloides, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tellia, Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tortidens
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pleuromeris marshalli in the database
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