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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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genus Cyrtodaria Reuss, 1801: synonymy
     1 Recent valid species (1 total species)

Glycimeris Lamarck, 1801
Lamarck, 1801. Sys. Anim. sans Vert.: 126.
Type species: Glycimeris incrassata Lamarck, 1801 = Cyrtodaria siliqua

Cyrtodaria Reuss, 1801
Reuss, 1801. Scientia Naturalis I: 351.

Glycymeris Eichwald, 1829
‘Lamarxk’ of Authors.
Eichwald, 1829. Zool. Spec. Rossiae 1: 279.
Eichwald, 1838. Bull. Soc. imp. Nat. Moscou 11: 169.
Vinarski & Kantor, 2016. Analyt. Cat. Fr. Brack. Moll. Russia: 63 [as by ‘Da Costa, 1878, partim’].
(error for Glycimeris Lamarck, 1801)
Type species: Glycimeris incrassata Lamarck, 1801 = Cyrtodaria siliqua

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

CyrtodariaCombosch et al. (2017)

 
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