Cyrenoidea

Cyrenoidea
Polymesoda notabilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Cyrenoidea
J. E. Gray, 1840
Families

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Synonyms
  • Corbiculoidea J. E. Gray, 1847
  • Cyrenoidoidea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 (1853)

Cyrenoidea is a superfamily of freshwater bivalves in the order Venerida.

Description

There are approximately 60 or more living species of the superfamily, which can be found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments.

Taxonomy

The following families are recognised in the superfamily Cyrenoidea:

References

  1. 1 2 "Cyrenoidea". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 Wu, Ruiwen; Liu, Lili; Liu, Xiongjun; Ye, Yingying; Wu, Xiaoping; Xie, Zhicai; Liu, Zhenyuan; Li, Zhengfei (2023-09-11). "Towards a systematic revision of the superfamily Cyrenoidea (Bivalvia: Imparidentia): species delimitation, multi-locus phylogeny and mitochondrial phylogenomics". Invertebrate Systematics. 37 (9): 607–622. doi:10.1071/is23015. ISSN 1445-5226.
  3. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cyrenoidea J. E. Gray, 1840". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-01-16.