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Pleuromeris prolutea

Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

Taxonomy
Venericardia (Pleuromeris) prolutea was named by Marwick (1929).

It was recombined as Pleuromeris prolutea by Fleming (1966) and Beu et al. (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Venericardia (Pleuromeris) prolutea Marwick p. 911 figs. figs. 25, 26, 27
1966Pleuromeris prolutea Fleming p. 158
1990Pleuromeris prolutea Beu et al. p. 398

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(FĂ©russac 1822)
familyCarditidaeFleming 1820
genusPleuromerisConrad 1867
speciesprolutea()

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.

Pleuromeris prolutea Marwick 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-07-05 09:59:13
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:19:06
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Altonian or 41.30000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0New Zealand (Otago) Pleuromeris prolutea (52151)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand (Southland) Venericardia prolutea (50784)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Pleuromeris prolutea (67897 67898 67899 67900)