Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae

Alternative spellings: Haliris (Vertisphaera), Verticordia (Vertisphaera)

Parent taxon: Verticordiidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Cox et al. 1969, Kosnik 2002 and Lamprell and Healy 1998

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Vertisphaera in the database

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