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Verticordia (bivalve)
Genus of bivalves / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Verticordia is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Verticordiidae. [1]>
Quick Facts Verticordia, Scientific classification ...
Verticordia | |
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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 |
Species | |
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They are mostly small, live in deep water and have roughly equal-sized, well-inflated, fragile shells which are pearly inside.[2][3]