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Cyrenidae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cyrenidae

Taxonomy
Cyrenidae was named by Gray (1840). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Corbiculidae by Parker (1982).

It was assigned to Pelecypoda by Clark and Arnold (1923); to Cyrenacea by Olsson (1931); and to Cyrenoidea by Bouchet et al. (2010), Carter et al. (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Cyrenidae Gray
1923Cyrenidae Clark and Arnold p. 148
1931Cyrenidae Olsson p. 45
1943Geloinidae Iredale
2010Cyrenidae Bouchet et al.
2011Cyrenidae Carter et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyCyrenoidea(Gray 1840)
familyCyrenidaeGray 1840
familyCyrenidaeGray 1840

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Cyrenidae Gray 1840
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G. †Cyrena Lamarck
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†Cyrena abbreviata Deshayes 1857
†Cyrena cardioides Deshayes 1857
Cyrena consobrina Cailland 1823
Cyrena difficilis Deshayes 1860
†Cyrena distincta Deshayes 1857
†Cyrena dutemplei Deshayes 1857
†Cyrena gravesi Deshayes 1824
†Cyrena incompta Deshayes 1857
†Cyrena lamberti Deshayes 1857
†Cyrena marylandica Clark 1911
†Cyrena mirabilis Nagao 1928
†Cyrena nobilis Deshayes 1857
†Cyrena rhaetica Lepsius 1878
†Cyrena saincenyensis Deshayes 1857
†Cyrena veneriformis Deshayes 1857
Invalid names: Geloinidae Iredale 1943 [synonym], Polymesodinae Habe 1977 [empty], Serrilaminulinae Lindholm 1933 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:26:58
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:26:58
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 205.70000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 201.4 Ma

Collections (102 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Italy (Trento) Cyrena rhaetica (232117 232118 232119)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Greenland Cyrena sp. (161981)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Tanzania Cyrena sp. (79253)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1United Kingdom (England) Cyrena media (100655)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5Spain (Castilla y Leon) Cyrena sp. (64406)
Early/Lower Cretaceous143.1 - 100.5China (Sichuan) Cyrena sp. (71789)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Cyrena sp. (45760)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian139.1 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Cyrena sp. (170624)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6United Kingdom (England) Cyrena sp. (160833)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Peru (Ancash) Cyrena huarazensis (56944)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57United Kingdom (England) Cyrena sp. (24897)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2USA (Maryland) Cyrena marylandica (232239)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) Cyrena albertensis (87450)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Canada (British Columbia) Cyrena albertensis (87444)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Mexico) Cyrena securis, Cyrena sp. (88641)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Poland Cyrena cretatcea (179488)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Haute-Garonne) Cyrena garumnica (13217)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Cyrena laletana (169881) Cyrena sp. (141185 183660)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Austria (Lower Austria) Cyrena solitaria (226428)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Haute-Garonne) Cyrena garumnica (48865)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Austria (Niederösterreich) Cyrena suborbicularis (87001)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Poland Cyrena arnouldi, Cyrena forbesi, Cyrena veneriformis (27625)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Cyrena cuneiformis, Cyrena tellinella (38868)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Cyrena gibbosula (42648) Cyrena sp. (39892)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Oise) Cyrena deperdita (3494)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Greenland Cyrena difficilis (88292) Cyrena gravesi (88289)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Cyrena cycladiformis (39838 40887) Cyrena cycladiformis, Cyrena obovata, Cyrena pulchra (39662) Cyrena gibbosula, Cyrena deperdita (42649) Cyrena obovata (39676 39695 39704 40297 40377 40387 40420 40423 40441 40770 40771 40890 40893 40909 40919 40920 40923 40926 40929) Cyrena obovata, Cyrena cuneiformis (39674 39705 40769) Cyrena obtusa (40916 40928) Cyrena pulchara, Cyrena obtusa (40927) Cyrena sp. (39675 39694 40101 40296 40381 40385 40862 40924)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Colombia Cyrena sp. (42790)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom Cyrena obovata (40772)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Romania Cyrena incompta (102026)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Cyrena deperdita, Cyrena obliquata, Cyrena cycladiformis, Cyrena pisum (39643)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Bulgaria (Sliven) Cyrena sirena (103768)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy Cyrena sp. (78617)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Peru Cyrenidae indet. (199563)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Romania Cyrena brongniarti (102029) Cyrena convexa (102021 102023 102027) Cyrena convexa, Cyrena brongniarti (101971 101972) Cyrena convexa, Cyrena brongniarti, Cyrena incompta (187379) Cyrena convexa, Cyrena intermedia (102022)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Bulgaria (Varna) Cyrena valdensis (103737)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Georgia) Cyrena floridana (61130)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) Cyrena floridana (61045 61070 61096 61107 61108 61111 61126) Cyrena pompholyx (61051 61103) Cyrena pompholyx, Cyrena floridana (60985)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Cyrenidae indet. (46278)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Israel Cyrenidae indet. (197657)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Cyrena californica (216865)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Cyrena acuta (80307)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Peru Cyrena anomala (207005)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Cyrena consobrina (84833)