Cyrenidae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
of
clam
Clam is a common name for several kinds of bivalve molluscs. The word is often applied only to those that are edible and live as infauna, spending most of their lives halfway buried in the sand of the seafloor or riverbeds. Clams have two she ...
s in the order
Venerida
Venerida (formerly Veneroida) is an order of mostly saltwater but also some freshwater bivalve molluscs. This order includes many familiar groups such as many clams that are valued for food and a number of freshwater bivalves.
Since the 2000s, ...
.
[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 2015-08-26]
Genera
Genera within this family include:
* ''
Batissa''
Gray, 1853
* ''
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
* ''
Cyanocyclas''
Blainville, 1818
* ''
Geloina''
Gray, 1842
* ''
Polymesoda''
Rafinesque, 1820
* ''
Villorita''
Gray, 1833
;Taxa brought into synonymy:
* †''
Cyrenida'':
[Fossilworks]
/ref> synonym of ''Corbicula'' Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
* Subfamily Polymesodinae Habe, 1977: synonym of Cyrenidae Gray, 1847
References
* Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. 2010: Classification of Bivalve families. pp. 113–133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia, 52(2): 1-184.
* (redescription) Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). ''Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru''. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
Bivalve families
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