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Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea

family CYRENIDAE Gray, 1840: synonymy

6 genera

Synonyms

CYRENIDAE Gray, 1840

Gray, 1840. Synopt. Cont. Brit. Mus. 42nd ed.: 133, 149.
Type genus: Cyrena Lamarck, 1818 = Corbicula

CORBICULIDAE Gray, 1847

Gray, 1847. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 15: 184.
Type genus: Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 = Corbicula

SERRILAMINULIDAE Lindholm, 1933

Lindholm, 1933. Arch. Moll. 65: 268.
Type genus: Serrilaminula Lindholm, 1933 = Corbicula

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