Haliris Dall 1886 (clam)

Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae

Alternative spelling: Verticordia (Haliris)

Parent taxon: Verticordiidae according to P. Jung 1996

See also Cox et al. 1969, Harris 1919, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Vokes 1980 and Wienrich 1999

Sister taxa: Acreuciroa, Euciroa, Halicardia, Halicardissa, Kurinuia, Laevicordia, Lyonsiella, Pecchiolia, Setaliris, Spinosipella, Trigonulina, Vertambitus, Verticordia, Vertisphaera, Dallicordia, Policordia

Subtaxa: Haliris (Haliris) Haliris jamaicensis Verticordia (Haliris) mississippiensis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Jamaica (5 collections), Panama (2)

• Miocene of Germany (3), Panama (1)

• Oligocene of United States (8: Mississippi)

• Eocene of New Zealand (2), United States (2: Alabama, Mississippi)

Total: 23 collections each including a single occurrence

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