''Polymesoda'' is a

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s in the family

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, before it was subsumed into Cyrenidae.

Species

*'' Polymesoda acuta'' ''(Prime, 1861)'' (accepted > junior homonym) * '' Polymesoda aequilatera'' (Deshayes, 1855) *'' Polymesoda anomala'' (Deshayes, 1855) *'' Polymesoda arctata'' (Deshayes, 1855) *'' Polymesoda boliviana'' (Philippi, 1851) (uncertain > nomen dubium) * † '' Polymesoda bravoensis'' (Olsson, 1931) * '' Polymesoda caroliniana'' (Bosc, 1801) – Carolina marsh clam * † '' Polymesoda convexa'' (Brongniart, 1822) * † '' Polymesoda distorta'' (Ludwig, 1865) *'' Polymesoda exquisita'' (Prime, 1867) *'' Polymesoda floridana'' (Conrad, 1846) *'' Polymesoda fontainei'' (d'Orbigny, 1842) * '' Polymesoda fortis'' (Prime, 1861) *'' Polymesoda inflata'' (Philippi, 1851) *'' Polymesoda meridionalis'' (Prime, 1865) *'' Polymesoda mexicana'' (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) * † '' Polymesoda muravchiki'' Pérez, Genta Iturrería & Griffin, 2010 *'' Polymesoda notabilis'' (Deshayes, 1855) * † '' Polymesoda obovata'' (J. Sowerby, 1817) * '' Polymesoda obscura'' (Prime, 1860) *'' Polymesoda ordinaria'' (Prime, 1865) * '' Polymesoda placens'' (Hanley, 1845) *'' Polymesoda radiata'' (Hanley, 1845) * † '' Polymesoda subarata'' (Schlotheim, 1820) * '' Polymesoda triangula'' (Busch in Philippi, 1849) *'' Polymesoda tribunalis'' (Prime, 1870) * † '' Polymesoda trigalensis'' (Olsson, 1931) * † '' Polymesoda visenoviensis'' Kadolsky, 1989 ;Synonyms: *'' Polymesoda bengalensis'' (Lamarck, 1818) : synonym of '' Geloina bengalensis'' (Lamarck, 1818) * '' Polymesoda coaxans'' (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of '' Geloina coaxans'' (Gmelin, 1791) * '' Polymesoda maritima'' (Orbigny, 1853) – maritime marsh clam : synonym of '' Polymesoda floridana'' (Conrad, 1846) *'' Polymesoda powelli'' >Valentich-Scott, 2012Polymesoda radiata'' (Hanley, 1845) *'' Polymesoda proxima'' (Prime, 1864): synonym of '' Geloina coaxans'' (Gmelin, 1791)

References

Cyrenidae Bivalve genera {{bivalve-stub