Cyrenoidea is a superfamily of freshwater bivalves in the order Venerida.[2]
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| Polymesoda notabilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Cyrenoidea J. E. Gray, 1840 |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editThere are approximately 60 or more living species of the superfamily, which can be found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments.[2]
Taxonomy
editThe following families are recognised in the superfamily Cyrenoidea:[3]
- Cyrenidae J. E. Gray, 1840
- Cyrenoididae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 (1853)
- Glauconomidae J. E. Gray, 1853
References
edit- ^ a b "Cyrenoidea". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cyrenoidea J. E. Gray, 1840". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2024-01-16.
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