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Cyrena

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cyrenidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Cyrene Clark and Arnold p. 148
1928Cyrena Nagao p. 52
2010Cyrena Bouchet et al.

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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
genusCyrenaLamarck

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.

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
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 (99 total)


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