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Mon 1 Dec 2025

Bivalvia | Veneroida | Cyrenoidea | Cyrenoididae

genus Cyanocyclas Blainville, 1818: species

2 available nominal genus synonyms (5 total synonyms) | cladomics

Included Species

Cyanocyclas bavayi (Ancey, 1880)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Venezuela to French Guiana. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Cyanocyclas brasiliana (Deshayes, 1854)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Parnaiba River, Brazil. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Cyanocyclas cuneata

Cyanocyclas cuneata (Jonas, 1844)

syonymy (2 available, 3 total) | specimens (1)

Range: Orinoco Basin, Venezuela. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Cyanocyclas limosa

Cyanocyclas limosa (Maton, 1811)

syonymy (15 available, 17 total) | specimens (19)

Range: Parana Basin and coastal Basins, Brazil to Argentina. (South America)

Genbank sequences: 16S, 28S, COI, other
other links: MolluscaBase

Decorative image of a representative of Cyanocyclas paranacensis

Cyanocyclas paranacensis (d’Orbigny, 1835)

syonymy (6 available, 9 total) | specimens (3)

Range: Parana Basin in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

Cyanocyclas rotunda (Prime, 1860)

syonymy (1 available, 1 total) | specimens (0)

Range: Surinam River, Guyana. (South America)

other links: MolluscaBase

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