Verticordia (bivalve) explained

Verticordia is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Verticordiidae. ^[1] >

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:

• 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

External links

• Poutiers, J. M.; Bernard, F. R. (1995). Carnivorous bivalve molluscs (Anomalodesmata) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean, with a proposed classification and a catalogue of Recent species. in: Bouchet, P. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 167: 107-187
• [-http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213]
• Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online

Notes and References

1. Web site: Verticordia J. de C. Sowerby, 1844. World Register of Marine Species. 15 June 2016.
2. Book: Abbott. R. Tucker. Morris. Percy A.. A field guide to shells : Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. 2001. Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 0618164391. 119–120. 4th.
3. de Castro Oliveira. Cléo Dilnei. Absalão. Ricardo Silva. 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. 24 November 2009. 90. 4. 809–817. 10.1017/S0025315409991184. 84338102 .