Cyzicus (crustacean)

{{Short description|Genus of small freshwater animals}}

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| image = California Clam Shrimp (Cyzicus californicus).jpg

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| taxon = Cyzicus

| authority = Audouin, 1837

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Cyzicus is a genus of clam shrimps in the family Cyzicidae. Identified by Jean Victoire Audouin in 1837, the genus was reidentified as Caenestheriella by Eugen von Daday in 1910.{{ITIS |id=83820 |taxon=Cyzicus Audouin, 1837 |accessdate=6 April 2013}}

There are seven species in the genus:

• Cyzicus belfragei (Packard, 1871) – Belfrage clam shrimp
• Cyzicus californicus (Packard, 1883) – California clam shrimp
• Cyzicus elongatus (Mattox, 1957 – elongate clam shrimp
• Cyzicus gynecia (Mattox, 1949) – Mattox clam shrimp
• Cyzicus mexicanus (Claus, 1860) – Mexican clam shrimp
• Cyzicus morsei (Packard, 1883) – Morse clam shrimp
• Cyzicus setosa (Pearse, 1912) – setose clam shrimp