Verticordiidae is a

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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

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. These clams range from 2 - 200 millimeters in length and are mainly found in

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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

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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'' (

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, 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'' (

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, 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''

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, 1842 ** '' Trigonulina novemcostata'' ( A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) ** '' Trigonulina ornata'' (

, 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) * ''

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'' 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 Bivalve families {{bivalve-stub