Pleuromeris Explained

Pleuromeris is a genus of molluscs in the family Carditidae.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Pleuromeris armilla (Dall, 1903)
• Pleuromeris benthicola Powell, 1937
• †Pleuromeris decemcostata Conrad, 1867
• †Pleuromeris koruahinensis (Bartrum & Powell, 1928) (synonym: Venericardia koruahinensis Bartrum & Powell, 1928)
• Pleuromeris latiuscula Powell, 1937
• Pleuromeris marshalli (Marwick, 1924)
• Pleuromeris micella Olsson & McGinty, 1958
• Pleuromeris paucicostata Laws, 1940
• Pleuromeris pygmaea (Kuroda & Habe, 1951)
• Pleuromeris sanmartini Klappenbach, 1970
• Pleuromeris tridentata (Say, 1826) – three-toothed cardita
• Pleuromeris ultima Dell, 1956
• Pleuromeris zelandica (Deshayes, 1854)

External links

• Bartrum & Powell (1928), Mollusca from Kaawa Creek; Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961

Notes and References

1. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 46.
2. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pleuromeris Conrad, 1867.