Gray, J.E. 1853. A revision of the genera of some of the families of Conchifera or bivalve shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 (2nd series): 33-44. Available electronically.
Gray, 1853. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11: 38.
Type species: Cyrena tenebrosa Hinds, 1842 (sub. desig. by Stoliczka, 1871) = Batissa tenebrosa
Gray, 1853. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11: 40.
Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811. Mag. Ges. Nat. Fr. Berlin 5: 57.
‘Mergle’ Gray, 1853. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11: 39.
Bourguignat, 1854. Rev. Mag. Zool. 6(2): 166.
(homonym of Megerle, 1811 [Brach.])
Gray, 1853. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11: ??.