Pleuromeris

{{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Paleocene|Recent}} | image = Pleuromeris zelandica MA63769 001.jpg | image_caption = ''Pleuromeris zelandica'' |taxon = Pleuromeris | authority = Conrad, 1867 |type_species = ''Pleuromeris decemcostata'' |type_species_authority = Conrad, 1867 |synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS"/><ref name="PBDB"/> |synonyms = *''Cardita (Pleuromeris)'' {{small|Conrad, 1867}} *''Glans (Pleuromeris)'' {{small|Conrad, 1867}} *''Venericardia (Pleuromeris)'' {{small|Conrad, 1867}} }}

'''''Pleuromeris''''' is a genus of bivalve molluscs in the family Carditidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|415840|''Pleuromeris'' Conrad, 1867|3 March 2026}}</ref><ref>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.</ref>

==Description==

Members of the genus have small subtrigonal shells with prominent beaks, and steep anterior and posterior slopes that constrict the hinge line laterally. A triangular central tooth is found on the right valve.<ref name="1979Mollusca">{{cite book|last1=Powell |first1=A.W.B. |author-link1=Baden Powell (malacologist) |year=1979 |title=New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells |publisher=Collins |location=Auckland |isbn= 0002169061 |page=407}}</ref>

==Taxonomy==

The genus was first described by Timothy Abbott Conrad in 1867.<ref name="Original">{{cite journal|last1=Conrad |first1=T. A. |author-link1=Timothy Abbott Conrad |date=1867 |title=Descriptions of new genera and species of fossil shells. |journal=American Journal of Conchology |volume=3 |number=1 |page=12 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6658654 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}</ref>

==Distribution==

''Pleuromeris'' has a cosmopolitan distribution,<ref>{{Cite GBIF|id=2286642|taxon=''Pleuromeris'' Conrad, 1867|access-date=3 March 2026}}</ref> found in areas including South America, the Caribbean Sea, Australia and New Zealand.<ref>{{cite Q|Q104454372}}</ref> The earliest known fossils date to the Paleocene, and are found in Belgium and New Zealand.<ref name="PBDB">{{cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18092 |title= Pleuromeris Conrad 1867 (clam) |website=Paleobiology Database |access-date=3 March 2026}}</ref>

==Species== Species within the genus ''Pleuromeris'' include:<ref name="WoRMS"/>

{{Linked species list |† Pleuromeris archaenepeanensis | (Chapman & Crespin, 1928) | Pleuromeris armilla | (Dall, 1903) |† Pleuromeris auroraensis | Ward & Blackwelder, 1987 | Pleuromeris benthicola | A. W. B. Powell, 1937 |† Pleuromeris conradiana | (Gabb, 1881) |† Pleuromeris decemcostata | Conrad, 1867 |† Pleuromeris finlayi | A. W. B. Powell, 1938 |† Pleuromeris fueguina | (Steinmann & Wilckens, 1908) | Pleuromeris hectori | A. W. B. Powell, 1938 |† Pleuromeris instata | Laws, 1944 |† Pleuromeris kapuaensis | (Marwick, 1931) |† Pleuromeris koruahinensis | (Bartrum & A. W. B. Powell, 1928) | Pleuromeris latiuscula | A. W. B. Powell, 1937 | Pleuromeris marshalli | (Marwick, 1924) | Pleuromeris micella | Olsson & McGinty, 1958 |† Pleuromeris miniscula | (Bartrum & A. W. B. Powell, 1928) |† Pleuromeris moerdijki | Vervoenen & van Nieulande, 2010 |† Pleuromeris murdochi | A. W. B. Powell, 1938 |† Pleuromeris otamateaensis | Laws, 1944 | Pleuromeris paucicostata | Laws, 1940 |† Pleuromeris pecten | (Tate, 1886) |† Pleuromeris prolutea | (Marwick, 1929) | Pleuromeris pygmaea | (Kuroda & Habe, 1951) | Pleuromeris sanmartini | Klappenbach, 1970 |† Pleuromeris scituloides | (Olsson, 1914) |† Pleuromeris subpecten | Ludbrook, 1955 |† Pleuromeris sulcolunularis | (Ihering, 1907) |† Pleuromeris tellia | (Dall, 1903) | Pleuromeris tridentata | (Say, 1826) |† Pleuromeris trigonalis | (Tate, 1886) | Pleuromeris ultima | Dell, 1956 |† Pleuromeris waitotarana | Laws, 1940 | Pleuromeris zelandica | (Deshayes, 1854) }}

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_59/rsnz_59_01_001450.pdf Bartrum & Powell (1928), Mollusca from Kaawa Creek; Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961]

Category:Carditidae Category:Bivalve genera Category:Extant Paleocene first appearances Category:Taxa described in 1867 Category:Taxa named by Timothy Abbott Conrad