Pleuromeris tridentata

Pleuromeris tridentata, or the three-toothed cardita, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Carditidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to Florida.

Pleuromeris tridentata

Chase G. Mayers · CC BY 4.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
PleuromerisPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Pleuromeris
Life habit
semi-infaunalPBDB, for Pleuromeris
Motility
facultatively mobilePBDB, for Pleuromeris
Vision
blindPBDB, for Crassatelloidea
Environment
marinePBDB, for Crassatelloidea

Time the record covers

At least 2.4 million years on record.

The record covers at least 2.58 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 5.333 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Miocene — about 0 of 49 occurrencesPliocene — about 9 of 49 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 40 of 49 occurrencesPleistoceneHolocene — about 0 of 49 occurrences5.4–5.3 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.3–5.1 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences5.1–4.9 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences4.9–4.7 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences4.7–4.5 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences4.5–4.3 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences4.3–4.1 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences4.1–3.9 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences3.9–3.7 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences3.7–3.5 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences3.5–3.3 Mya — about 1 occurrence3.3–3.1 Mya — about 1 occurrence3.1–2.9 Mya — about 1 occurrence2.9–2.7 Mya — about 1 occurrence2.7–2.5 Mya — about 2 occurrences2.5–2.3 Mya — about 2 occurrences2.3–2.1 Mya — about 2 occurrences2.1–1.9 Mya — about 2 occurrences1.9–1.8 Mya — about 2 occurrences1.8–1.6 Mya — about 2 occurrences1.6–1.4 Mya — about 2 occurrences1.4–1.2 Mya — about 2 occurrences1.2–972 ka Mya — about 2 occurrences972 ka–778 ka Mya — about 2 occurrences778 ka–583 ka Mya — about 0.8 occurrences583 ka–389 ka Mya — about 0.8 occurrences389 ka–194 ka Mya — about 0.8 occurrences194 ka–0 Mya — about 18 occurrences2.58 Mya129 ka5.8 Mya0 Mya

49 occurrences of Pleuromeris tridentata on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

49 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

11 formations

Waccamaw — 34.29°N, 78.51°WWaccamaw — 34.33°N, 78.20°WWaccamaw — 34.07°N, 78.27°WWaccamaw — 34.21°N, 81.31°WWaccamaw — 33.97°N, 78.39°WWaccamaw — 34.17°N, 78.60°WWaccamaw — 33.63°N, 79.16°WWaccamaw — 33.40°N, 79.25°WCaloosahatchee — 26.89°N, 82.01°WCaloosahatchee — 27.77°N, 82.68°WCaloosahatchee — 26.75°N, 80.93°WCaloosahatchee — 26.96°N, 81.99°WCaloosahatchee — 26.96°N, 81.17°WDuplin — 34.90°N, 78.05°WPamlico — 34.78°N, 76.69°WPamlico — 35.50°N, 76.27°WPamlico — 32.69°N, 80.23°WPamlico — 32.83°N, 79.94°WFort Thompson — 27.72°N, 82.43°WFort Thompson — 26.76°N, 81.44°WBermont — 26.89°N, 82.01°WBermont — 27.72°N, 82.43°WBermont — 26.68°N, 80.67°WAcredale — 36.79°N, 76.17°WAcredale — 36.73°N, 76.34°WYorktown — 35.51°N, 77.62°WYorktown — 34.90°N, 78.05°WCanepatch — 33.83°N, 78.89°WHorry Clay — 34.97°N, 76.97°WHorry Clay — 33.69°N, 78.89°WTamiami — 25.67°N, 80.31°W

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The named rock units Pleuromeris tridentata has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 7 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Pleuromeris tridentata and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Pleuromeris tridentata and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

1,138 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 25 sites for Pleuromeris tridentata, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

15 references

Each of the 49 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 3 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Pleuromeris tridentata

Credit
Chase G. Mayers
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

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In Copyright
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Specimen
Pleuromeris tridentata · fmnh:invertebrate zoology:208336

Smithsonian Open Access was not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

The description on this site

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CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itPleuromeris through timeFormations of the PleistoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Say 1826)