Verticordiidae

Verticordiidae is a taxonomic family of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Pholadomyoida.

Genera and species

Genera and Species within the family Verticordiidae include:

• Euciroa Dall, 1881
  • Euciroa elegantissima (Dall, 1881)
  • Euciroa galatheae (Dell, 1956)
• Halicardia Dall, 1895
  • Halicardia flexuosa (A. E. Verrill and S. Smith, 1881)
  • Halicardia perplicata (Dall, 1890)
• Haliris Dall, 1886
  • Haliris aequacostata (Howard, 1950)
  • Haliris fischeriana (Dall, 1881)
  • Haliris setosa (Hedley, 1907)
• Laevicordia Sequenza, 1876
  • Laevicordia horrida Allen and Turner, 1974
• Lyonsiella M. Sars, 1782
  • Lyonsiella abyssicola (G. Sars, 1872)
  • Lyonsiella alaskana Dall, 1895
  • Lyonsiella cordata Verrill and Bush, 1898
  • Lyonsiella fragilis
  • Lyonsiella gemma Verrill, 1880
  • Lyonsiella quaylei Bernard, 1969
  • Lyonsiella subquadrata (Jeffreys, 1881)
  • Lyonsiella uschakovi Gorbunov, 1946
• Policordia Dall, Bartsch and Rehder, 1938
  • Policordia alaskana (Dall, 1895)
  • Policordia densicostata (Locard, 1898)
  • Policordia gemma (A. E. Verrill, 1880)
  • Policordia insculpta (Jeffreys, 1881)
  • Policordia jeffreysi (Friele, 1879)
• Spinosipella Iredale, 1930
  • Spinosipella ericia (Hedley, 1911)
• Trigonulina d'Orbigny, 1842
  • Trigonulina ornata (d'Orbigny, 1842)
• Verticordia J. de C. Sowerby, 1844
  • Verticordia acuticostata Philippi, 1884
  • Verticordia fischeriana Dall, 1881
  • Verticordia granulata Seguenza, 1876
  • Verticordia ornata (d'Orbigny, 1842)
  • Verticordia seguenzae Dall, 1886
  • Verticordia transversa Locard, 1898
  • Verticordia trapezoides Sequenza, 1876
  • Verticordia triangularis Locard, 1898
  • Verticordia woodii E. A. Smith, 1885

References

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