Verticordia (bivalve)
Genus of bivalves
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Verticordia is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Verticordiidae.[1]
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| Verticordia ouricuri (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Superorder: | Anomalodesmata |
| Superfamily: | Verticordioidea |
| Family: | Verticordiidae |
| Genus: | Verticordia J.C.Sowerby |
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They are mostly small, live in deep water and have roughly equal-sized, well-inflated, fragile shells which are pearly inside.[2][3]
Species
The following is a list of species according to the World Register of Marine Species:[1]
- Verticordia australiensis E.A.Smith
- Verticordia bordaensis Cotton & Godfrey
- † Verticordia cardiiformis J.C.Sowerby
- † Verticordia densicostata P. Marshall
- † Verticordia excavata Pritchard, 1901
- Verticordia expansa Prashad
- Verticordia granulifera (Verrill)
- Verticordia guineensis Thiele
- Verticordia inornata Jaeckel & Thiele
- Verticordia neozelanica (extinct) (Suter)
- Verticordia ouricuri Oliveira & Absalão
- † Verticordia parisiensis Deshayes, 1856
- † Verticordia pectinata Tate, 1887
- Verticordia perversa Dall
- Verticordia quadrata E.A.Smith
- † Verticordia rhomboidea Tate, 1887
- Verticordia seguenzae Dall
- Verticordia tasmanica May
- Verticordia tenerrima Jaeckel & Thiele
- Verticordia woodii E.A.Smith