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Pleuromya milleformis

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae

Taxonomy

Pleuromya milleformis was named by Marwick (1953) [TYPE LOCALITY: GS 3144, Te Maika, Kawhia Harbour, New Zealand (Temaikan: Middle Jurassic). TYPE REPOSITORY: GNS, New Zealand].

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. aequata, P. angusta, P. crassa, P. curta, P. didimtuensis, P. exarata, P. jurassi, P. lata, P. latarugata, P. mactroides, P. musculoides, P. nitens, P. oblongata, P. pseudoelongata, P. serotina, P. sichotica, P. simplex, P. spitiensis, P. submusculoides, P. triangularis, P. unioniformis, P. uralensis, P. voltzii, P. xiangensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1953	Pleuromya milleformis Marwick p. 106 figs. pl. 13, figs. 6, 7, 10

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Pholadiformii	Gray 1854
order	Pholadida	Gray 1854
superfamily	Pleuromyoidea	Dall 1900
family	Pleuromyidae	Dall 1900
genus	Pleuromya	(Meek 1873)
species	milleformis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Pleuromya milleformis Marwick 1953

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

facultatively mobilec

Life habit:

infaunalc

Diet:

suspension feederc

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2004-02-28 11:33:36

Modified:

2010-02-12 03:59:35

Source: c = class

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aalenian to the top of the Middle Callovian or 174.10000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (12 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Temaikan	176.0 - 164.3	New Zealand (Auckland)	Pleuromya milleformis (4878 233875)
Temaikan	176.0 - 164.3	New Zealand	Pleuromya milleformis (63812)
Aalenian	174.1 - 170.3	New Zealand	Pleuromya milleformis (51869)
Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian	174.1 - 168.4	New Zealand	Pleuromya milleformis (56398)
Bajocian - Late/Upper Bajocian	170.3 - 167.7	Antarctica	Pleuromya milleformis (32724)
Bajocian - Bathonian	170.3 - 166.1	New Zealand	Pleuromya milleformis (56237)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian	164.7 - 161.2	New Zealand	Pleuromya milleformis (56241 56273)
Late/Upper Callovian - Oxfordian	164.7 - 157.3	New Zealand	Pleuromya milleformis (51934)
Heterian	164.3 - 154.5	New Zealand	Pleuromya milleformis (63834)
Heterian	164.3 - 154.5	New Zealand (Kawhia)	Pleuromya milleformis (35731)