Cyrenida

Cyrenida is an extinct genus of clams in the family Cyrenidae. This name is now accepted as a synonym of Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811.[1]

Cyrenida
Temporal range: Jurassic - Quaternary
Fossils of Cyrena sirena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Heterodonta
Order:
Venerida
Superfamily:
Cyrenoidea
Family:
Cyrenidae
Genus:
Cyrenida

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Species

Species within this genus include:[2][3]

  • †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, the United States, Colombia, Peru, Panama and Tanzania from the Jurassic to the Quaternary (age range: 189.6 to 0.781 Ma).[2]

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References
  1. 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
  2. Fossilworks
  3. D. ESU and O. GIROTTI The late Oligocene molluscan fauna from Otranto (Apulia, Southern Italy): an example of alternating freshwater, lagoonal and emerged environments


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