• Source: Verticordiidae

Verticordiidae is a family of benthic marine bivalves in the superorder Anomalodesmata. These clams range from 2 - 200 millimeters in length and are mainly found in coastal waters surrounding Australia and the Americas, though a few species within this family such as Haliris mediopacifica are found in the middle of the ocean. Verticordiidae is known for being a family of septibranchs, or predatory bivalves, rather than filter feeders. Clams dig vertical burrows in substrate and use papillae around the edges of their inhalant siphons to detect microscopic prey. Some clams in this family, specifically in the genus Trigonulina, have distinct extended circular formations on their shells.




Genera and species


Genera and species within the family Verticordiidae include:

Halicardia Dall, 1895
Halicardia angulata (Jeffreys, 1882)
Halicardia carinifera (Locard, 1898)
Halicardia flexuosa (A. E. Verrill and S. Smith, 1881)
Halicardia gouldi (Dall, Bartsch and Rehder, 1938)
Halicardia houbricki (Poutiers & F.R. Bernard, 1995)
Halicardia maoria (Dell, 1978)
Halicardia nipponensis (Okutani, 1957)
Halicardia perplicata (Dall, 1890)
Halicardia phillippinensis (Poutiers, 1981)
Haliris Dall, 1886
Haliris accessa (Iredale, 1930)
Haliris aequacostata (A.D. Howard, 1950)
Haliris berenicensis (Sturany, 1896)
Haliris crebrilirata (Prashad, 1932)
Haliris fischeriana (Dall, 1881)
Haliris granulata (G. Seguenza, 1860)
Haliris jaffaensis (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)
Haliris lamothei (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1897)
Haliris makiyamai (Habe, 1952)
Haliris mediopacifica (Kosuge, 1979)
Haliris multicostata (A. Adams, 1862)
Haliris pygmaea (Kuroda, 1952)
Haliris setosa (Hedley, 1907)
Haliris teporis Poutiers & F.R. Bernard, 1995
Haliris trapezoidea (G. Seguenza, 1876)
Laevicordia G. Sequenza, 1876
Laevicordia abscissa (Pelseneer, 1911)
Simplicicordia Kuroda & Habe, 1971
Simplicicordia trigonata (Yokoyama, 1922)
Spinosipella Iredale, 1930
Spinosipella acuticostata (Philippi, 1844)
Spinosipella agnes Simone & C. Cunha, 2008
Spinosipella costeminens (Poutiers, 1981)
Spinosipella deshayesiana (P. Fischer, 1862)
Spinosipella tinga Simone & C. Cunha, 2008
Spinosipella xui J.-X. Jiang, Y.-Q. Huang, Q.-Y. Liang & J.-L. Zhang, 2019
Trigonulina d'Orbigny, 1842
Trigonulina novemcostata (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Trigonulina ornata (d'Orbigny, 1842)
Vertambitus Iredale, 1930
Vertambitus affinis (Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931)
Vertambitus cuneatus (Kuroda, 1952)
Vertambitus excoriatus (Poutiers, 1984)
Vertambitus torridus (Hedley, 1906)
Vertambitus triangularis (Locard, 1898)
Vertambitus vadosus (Hedley, 1907)
Verticordia J. de C. Sowerby, 1844
Verticordia australiensis E.A. Smith, 1885
Verticordia bordaensis Cotton & Godfrey, 1938
Verticordia expansa Prashad, 1932
Verticordia granulifera (Verrill, 1885)
Verticordia guineensis Thiele, 1931
Verticordia inornata Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931
Verticordia ouricuri Oliviera & Absalão, 2010
Verticordia perversa Dall, 1886
Verticordia quadrata E.A. Smith, 1885
Verticordia seguenzae Dall, 1886
Verticordia tasmanica May, 1915
Verticordia tenerrima Jaeckel & Thiele, 1931
Verticordia woodii E. A. Smith, 1885
Vertisphaera Iredale, 1930
Vertisphaera cambrica Iredale, 1930




References



Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Verticordiidae
• Halicardia
• Trigonulina novemcostata
• Alaskana
• Haliris pygmaea
• Vertisphaera
• Vertambitus
• Trigonulina
• Heteroconchia
• Laevicordia