Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Alternative combination: Venericardia (Pleuromeris) kapuaensis

Full reference: J. A. Marwick. 1931. The Tertiary Mollusca of the Gisborne District. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 13:1-177

Belongs to Pleuromeris according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990

See also Fleming 1966 and Marwick 1931

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 marshalli, 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 kapuaensis in the database

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