Cyrenoidea

{{Short description|Superfamily of freshwater bivalves}}

{{For|taxon described by Hall|Cyrenoida}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Polymesoda notabilis (MNHN-IM-2000-32438).jpeg

| image_caption = Polymesoda notabilis

| taxon = Cyrenoidea

| authority = J. E. Gray, 1840

| subdivision_ranks = Families

| subdivision = See text

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| synonyms =

{{Taxon list

| Corbiculoidea | J. E. Gray, 1847

| Cyrenoidoidea | H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 (1853)

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| synonyms_ref = {{cite WoRMS |title=Cyrenoidea |id=489089 |access-date=14 January 2024}}

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Cyrenoidea is a superfamily of freshwater bivalves in the order Venerida.{{Cite journal |last1=Wu |first1=Ruiwen |last2=Liu |first2=Lili |last3=Liu |first3=Xiongjun |last4=Ye |first4=Yingying |last5=Wu |first5=Xiaoping |last6=Xie |first6=Zhicai |last7=Liu |first7=Zhenyuan |last8=Li |first8=Zhengfei |date=2023-09-11 |title=Towards a systematic revision of the superfamily Cyrenoidea (Bivalvia: Imparidentia): species delimitation, multi-locus phylogeny and mitochondrial phylogenomics |journal=Invertebrate Systematics |volume=37 |issue=9 |pages=607–622 |doi=10.1071/is23015 |issn=1445-5226|doi-access=free }}

Description

There are approximately 60 or more living species of the superfamily, which can be found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments.

Taxonomy

The following families are recognised in the superfamily Cyrenoidea:{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cyrenoidea J. E. Gray, 1840 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=489089 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=www.marinespecies.org |language=en}}

{{Linked taxon list

| Cyrenidae | J. E. Gray, 1840

| Cyrenoididae | H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 (1853)

| Glauconomidae | J. E. Gray, 1853

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References