''Cyrenida'' is an extinct
genus
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of
clams in the family
Cyrenidae
Cyrenidae is a family of clams in the order Venerida.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 2015-08-2 ...
. This name is now accepted as a synonym of ''
Corbicula
''Corbicula'' is a genus of freshwater and brackish water clams, Aquatic animal, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Cyrenidae, the basket clams.Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Registe ...
''
Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811.
[Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). Cyrena. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=525448 on 2015-08-26]
Species
Species within this genus include:
[Fossilworks]
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The late Oligocene molluscan fauna from Otranto (Apulia, Southern Italy): an example of alternating freshwater, lagoonal and emerged environments
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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 nobilis'' Deshayes 1857
*†'' Cyrena saincenyensis'' Deshayes 1857
*†'' Cyrena sirena'' Brongniart
*†'' Cyrena veneriformis'' Deshayes 1857
Fossils within this genus can be found in sediment of Europe
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, the United States
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, Colombia
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, Peru
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, Panama
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and Tanzania
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from the Jurassic
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to the Quaternary
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(age range: 189.6 to 0.781 Ma).[
]
References
External links
Geobiota
Prehistoric bivalve genera
Cyrenidae
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