Verticordia (bivalve)
| Verticordia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Pholadomyoida |
| Family: | Verticordiidae |
| Genus: | Verticordia J.C.Sowerby |
Verticordia is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs, in the family Verticordiidae. They are mostly small, live in deep water and have roughly equal-sized, well-inflated, fragile shells which are pearly inside.[1][2]
The following is a list of species according to the "World Register of Marine Species":[3]
Species
- V. australiensis E.A.Smith
- V. bordaensis Cotton & Godfrey
- V. cardiiformis (extinct) J.C.Sowerby
- V. densicostata (extinct) P. Marshall
- V. expansa Prashad
- V. granulifera (Verrill)
- V. guineensis Thiele
- V. inornata Jaeckel & Thiele
- V. neozelanica (extinct) (Suter)
- V. ouricuri Oliveira & Absalão
- V. perversa Dall
- V. quadrata E.A.Smith
- V. seguenzae Dall
- V. tasmanica May
- V. tenerrima Jaeckel & Thiele
- V. woodii E.A.Smith
References
- ↑ Abbott, R. Tucker; Morris, Percy A. (2001). A field guide to shells : Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies (4th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin. p. 119–120. ISBN 0618164391.
- ↑ de Castro Oliveira, Cléo Dilnei; Absalão, Ricardo Silva (24 November 2009). "Review of the Septibranchia (Pelecypoda: Mollusca) from deep sea of Campos Basin, Brazil: family Verticordiidae, with description of a new species". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 90 (04): 809–817. doi:10.1017/S0025315409991184.
- ↑ "Verticordia J. de C. Sowerby, 1844". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
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