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Pleuromeris

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Description

Pleuromeris is a genus of molluscs in the family Carditidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleuromeris, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2286642	https://www.gbif.org/species/2286642
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	18092	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18092

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Pleuromeris

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Pleuromeris

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Carditioni	Dall 1889
order	Carditida
superfamily	Crassatelloidea
family	Carditidae	Fleming 1820
genus	Pleuromeris	Conrad 1867

Scientific Name

Pleuromeris Conrad, 1867

Name Published In

Amer. J. Conch., 3

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pleuromeris	subgenus	belongs to Venericardia	stated with evidence	Dall, 1903
Pleuromeris	subgenus	belongs to Venericardia	stated without evidence	Harris, 1919
Pleuromeris	subgenus	belongs to Glans	stated with evidence	Gardner, 1943
Pleuromeris	subgenus	belongs to Cardita	stated without evidence	DuBar, 1958
Pleuromeris	genus	belongs to Carditidae	stated with evidence	Malumian et al., 1978
Pleuromeris	genus	belongs to Carditamerinae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Pleuromeris	genus	belongs to Carditidae	stated with evidence	Woodring, 1982
Pleuromeris	genus	belongs to Carditamerinae	stated without evidence	Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska, 1984
Pleuromeris	genus	belongs to Carditidae	stated with evidence	Ward and Blackwelder, 1987
Pleuromeris	genus	belongs to Venericardiinae	stated with evidence	Beu et al., 1990
Pleuromeris	genus	belongs to Carditidae	stated with evidence	Frassinetti and Covacevich, 1999
Pleuromeris	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (10%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: SI/IA, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleuromeris

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pleuromeris (Choniocardia) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		5	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	47.8 Ma Eocene
Cardita conradiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cardita elegantoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	48.6 Ma Eocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Cardita pecten ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	16.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Pleuromeris acaris ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	11.6 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Pleuromeris archaenepeanenesis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pleuromeris armilla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromeris auroraensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	3.60 Ma Pliocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Pleuromeris benthicola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromeris conradiana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Pleuromeris decemcostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	5.33 Ma Miocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Pleuromeris finlayi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleuromeris fueguina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromeris hectori ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleuromeris inflatior species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		20	47.8 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Pleuromeris inflator species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	47.8 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Pleuromeris instata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleuromeris kapuaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleuromeris koruahinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromeris latiuscula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromeris marshalli species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Pleuromeris micella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromeris miniscula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromeris moerdijki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromeris murdochi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleuromeris otamateaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleuromeris paucicostata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleuromeris prolutea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	41.3 Ma Eocene	19.0 Ma Miocene
Pleuromeris pygmaea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromeris sanmartini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromeris sulcolunularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromeris tridentata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		58	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Pleuromeris ultima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleuromeris waitotarana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleuromeris zelandica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Venericardia (Pleuromeris) parva ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		20	56.0 Ma Paleocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Venericardia (Pleuromeris) scitula ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Venericardia (Pleuromeris) scituloides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tellia ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		9	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Venericardia (Pleuromeris) tortidens ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Venericardia acaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Venericardia archaenepeanenesis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Venericardia parva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Venericardia scitula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Venericardia scituloides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Venericardia tellia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1867	Pleuromeris Conrad
1903	Venericardia (Pleuromeris) Dall p. 1433
1914	Venericardia (Pleuromeris) Olsson p. 20
1919	Venericardia (Pleuromeris) Harris p. 87
1943	Glans (Pleuromeris) Gardner p. 70
1958	Cardita (Pleuromeris) DuBar p. 163
1967	Cardita (Pleuromeris) Olsson p. 8
1978	Pleuromeris Malumian et al. p. 275

Year	Name and Author
1980	Pleuromeris Vokes p. 118
1982	Pleuromeris Woodring p. 629
1984	Pleuromeris Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 100
1987	Pleuromeris Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1990	Pleuromeris Beu et al. p. 398
1999	Pleuromeris Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 26
2002	Pleuromeris Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Olsson A. A. (1914) New and interesting Neocene fossils from the Atlantic Coastal Plain, Bulletins of American Paleontology 5 24, 1-34

Harris G. D. (1919) Pelecypoda of the St. Maurice and Claiborne stages, Bulletins of American Paleontology 6 31, 1-208

DuBar J. R (1958) Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Late Neogene strata of the Caloosahatchee River area of southern Florida, Florida Geological Survey Bulletin 40, 1-267

Olsson A. A. (1967) , Some Tertiary mollusks from South Florida and the Carribean. Paleontological Research Institute, 1-61

Malumian N., Camacho H. H., et al (1978) Molluscos del Terciario Inferior ("Magallanense") de la Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego (Republica Argentina), Ameghiniana 15 3-4, 265-284

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Woodring W. P. (1982) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 F

Gazdzicki A, Pugaczewska H (1984) Biota of the "Pecten Conglomerate" (Polenez Cove Formation, Pliocene) of King George Island (South Shetland Islands, Antarctica), Studia Geologica Polonica 79, 59-120

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283

Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58

Frassinetti D., Covacevich V. (1999) Invertibrados fósiles marinos de la Formación Guadal (Oligoceno superio-Mioceno inferior) en Pampa, Castillo region, región de Aisén, Chile, Servico Nacional de Geologia y Mineria Chile Boletin 51, 1-96

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Amer. J. Conch., 3 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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