Cyrenidae
Appearance
Cyrenidae | |
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Shell of Corbicula fluminea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | Cyrenoidea |
Family: | Cyrenidae Gray, 1847 |
Genera | |
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Synonyms | |
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Cyrenidae is a family of clams in the order Venerida.[1]
Genera
[edit]Genera within this family include:[1]
- Batissa Gray, 1853
- Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
- Cyanocyclas Blainville, 1818
- Geloina Gray, 1842
- Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820
- Villorita Gray, 1833
- Taxa brought into synonymy
- †Cyrenida:[2] synonym of Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
- Subfamily Polymesodinae Habe, 1977: synonym of Cyrenidae Gray, 1847
References
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- ^ a b Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238370 on 2015-08-26
- ^ Fossilworks
- 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.
- (redescription) 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.