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, Policordia, Dallicordia
Subtaxa: Haliris (Haliris) Haliris jamaicensis Verticordia (Haliris) mississippiensis
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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