| Cyrenoidea | |
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| Polymesoda notabilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Cyrenoidea J. E. Gray, 1840 |
| Families1 | |
| Synonyms1 | |
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Cyrenoidea is a superfamily of freshwater bivalves in the order Venerida.2
Description
There are approximately 60 or more living species of the superfamily, which can be found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments.2
Taxonomy
The 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
References
- "Cyrenoidea". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- 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.