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Cyrenida

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Veneroida

Higher classification
  
Cyrenidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Family
  
Cyrenidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Cyrenidae, Molluscs, Bivalvia

Cyrenida is an extinct genus of clams in the family Cyrenidae. This name is now accepted as a synonym of Corbicula

Species

Species within this genus include:

  • † 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, United States, Colombia, Peru, Panama and Tanzania from Jurassic to Quaternary (age range: 189.6 to 0.781 Ma).

    References

    Cyrenida Wikipedia
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