''Laevicordia'' is a
genus of small
carnivorous
A carnivore , or meat-eater (Latin, ''caro'', genitive ''carnis'', meaning meat or "flesh" and ''vorare'' meaning "to devour"), is an animal or plant whose food and energy requirements derive from animal tissues (mainly muscle, fat and other sof ...
bivalves
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...
in the
family Verticordiidae. It currently contains the single extant species ''
L. abscissa'' and the fossil species ''
L. orbiculata''.
References
Verticordiidae
Bivalve genera
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