Biology:Cyrenida
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Short description: Extinct genus of bivalves
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| Genus: | Cyrenida Lamarck
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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]
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]
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fossilworks
- ↑ D. ESU and O. GIROTTI The late Oligocene molluscan fauna from Otranto (Apulia, Southern Italy): an example of alternating freshwater, lagoonal and emerged environments
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q20686393 entry
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