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

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Bivalvia | Veneroida

superfamily CYRENOIDEA Gray, 1840
     synonyms (4 nomina) | cladomics

family CYRENIDAE Gray, 1840: 97 Recent species.
synonymy (2 nomina) | 6 genera
Distribution: East Asia, Australasia, Afrotropics, South America, North Eurasia, North America

family CYRENOIDIDAE H. & A. Adams, 1857: 32 Recent species.
synonymy (1 nomen) | 5 genera
Distribution: South America, Central America, Afrotropics, North America, East Asia, Australasia

family GLAUCONOMIDAE Gray, 1853: 17 Recent species.
synonymy (1 nomen) | 2 genera

 
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