Verticordia (bivalve)
| Verticordia | |
|---|---|
| Verticordia ouricuri (paratype at MNHN, Paris) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Superorder: | Anomalodesmata |
| Superfamily: | Verticordioidea |
| Family: | Verticordiidae |
| Genus: | Verticordia J.C.Sowerby |
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Verticordia is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Verticordiidae. >
They are mostly small, live in deep water and have roughly equal-sized, well-inflated, fragile shells which are pearly inside.