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Verticordiidae

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Description

Verticordiidae is a taxonomic family of very small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Anomalodesmata.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verticordiidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3468	https://www.gbif.org/species/3468
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	62796	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=62796

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Verticordiidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Poromyida : Verticordiidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Poromyata	Ridewood 1903
order	Poromyida
superfamily	Verticordioidea	Stoliczka 1871
family	Verticordiidae	Stoliczka 1871

Scientific Name

Verticordiidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Verticordiidae	family	belongs to Poromyacea	stated with evidence	Newell, 1965
Verticordiidae	family	belongs to Poromyacea	stated without evidence	Maxwell, 1978
Verticordiidae	family	belongs to Poromyacea	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Verticordiidae	family	belongs to Verticordioidea	stated without evidence	Coan et al., 2000
Verticordiidae	family	belongs to Anomalodesmata	stated with evidence	Bieler and Mikkelsen, 2006
Verticordiidae	family	belongs to Verticordioidea	implied	Nevesskaja, 2009
Verticordiidae	family	belongs to Verticordioidea	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Verticordiidae	family	belongs to Verticordioidea	stated with evidence	Carter et al., 2011

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

11 (28%)

First Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

facultatively mobile

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

carnivore

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN/BA, CP according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Common Name(s)

オトヒメゴコロガイ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verticordiidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Euciroa genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Dallicordia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Euciroa genus	listed (PBDB)		4	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Halicardia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Halicardissa ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)
Haliris genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		23	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Kurinuia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Laevicordia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Lyonsiella genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pecchiolia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	36.0 Ma Eocene	36.0 Ma Eocene
Pecchiolia ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		9	41.3 Ma Eocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Policordia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Setaliris genus	listed (PBDB)
Simplicicordia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spinosipella genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Trigonulina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		56	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Vertambitus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Verticordia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		88	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Vertisphaera genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1871	Verticordiidae Stoliczka
1965	Verticordiidae Newell p. 21
1978	Verticordiidae Maxwell p. 28
1980	Verticordiidae Vokes p. 213
1981	Policordiidae Scarlato
1983	Dallicordiidae Scarlato and Starobogatov

Year	Name and Author
1987	Verticordiidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
2000	Verticordiidae Coan et al. p. 560
2006	Verticordiidae Bieler and Mikkelsen p. 231
2009	Verticordiidae Nevesskaja
2010	Verticordiidae Bouchet et al.
2011	Verticordiidae Carter et al. p. 18

References

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Newell N. D. (1965) Classification of the Bivalvia, American Museum Novitates 2206, 1-25

Maxwell P. A. (1978) Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on some New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca, with descriptions of new taxa, New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5 1, 15-46 doi:10.1080/03014223.1978.10423743

Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283

Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764

Bieler R., Mikkelsen P. M. (2006) Bivalvia - a look at the branches, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 148, 223-235

Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

WoRMS (Mar 2012) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. (2010). Classification of Bivalve families. Pp. 113-133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. - via World Register of Marine Species

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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