Cyrenoididae

Short description: Family of bivalves

Cyrenoididae

Geloina sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Bivalvia
Order:  | Venerida
Superfamily:  | Cyrenoidea
Family:  | Cyrenoididae
H. and A. Adams, 1857
Genera

See text.

Synonyms

* Cyrenellidae Gray, 1853
* Geloinidae Prashad, 1932

Cyrenoididae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the superfamily Cyrenoidea.

## Genera

The following genera are recognised in the family Cyrenoididae:[1]

* Cyanocyclas Blainville, 1818
* Cyrenoida de Joannis, 1835 (syn. Cyrenella Deshayes, 1836)
* Geloina J. E. Gray, 1842
* Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820

## References

1. ↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Cyrenoididae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 (1853)" (in en). https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=397069.

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