| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Pleuromeris : Pleuromeris prolutea |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Carditida : Carditidae : Pleuromeris : Pleuromeris prolutea |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Pleuromeris |
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| Scientific Name | Pleuromeris prolutea (Marwick, 1929) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 19.0 - 15.9 Ma
Miocene |
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| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Pleuromeris) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Pleuromeris) |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. Marwick. 1929. Tertiary molluscan fauna of Chatton, Southland. Transactions and Proceeding of the Royal Society of New Zealand 59:903-937 |
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| Marwick J. (1929) Tertiary molluscan fauna of Chatton, Southland, Transactions and Proceeding of the Royal Society of New Zealand 59, 903-937 |
| Fleming C. A. (1966) Marwick's Illustrations of New Zealand shells, with a checklist of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca, New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin 173 |
| Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58 |
| Maxwell, P.A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Maxwell, P.A. (2009) Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia - via Catalogue of Life |
Pleuromeris prolutea ✝
