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genus Cyprogenia Agassiz, 1852: synonymy

2 Recent freshwater species (2 total species)

Synonymy

Cyprogenia Agassiz, 1852

Agassiz, 1852. Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 47.
Type species: Unio irroratus Lea, 1828 (orig. desig.) = Cyprogenia stegaria

Crypogenia Fischer, 1886

(error for Cyprogenia Agassiz, 1852)
‘Agassiz’ Fischer, 1886. Manuel Conchyl. (10): 1000.
Type species: Unio irroratus Lea, 1828 = Cyprogenia stegaria

Cryptogenia Ortmann, 1909

(error for Cyprogenia Agassiz, 1852)
Ortmann, 1909. Nautilus 22(9): 93.
Type species: Unio irroratus Lea, 1828 = Cyprogenia stegaria

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

The Taxonomic History lists the ways authors have classified the species currently assigned to Cyprogenia, since 1900.

Cyprogenia — Simpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1912), Simpson (1914), ... Graf & Cummings (2021), FMCS (2021), Hopper et al. (2023), FMCS (2025), Campbell & Lydeard (2026)
Unio (s.s.) — Call (1900)
Cryptogenia [sic] — Ortmann (1909)
Obovaria — Simpson (1914)
Unio — de Gregorio (1914)