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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) and 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