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

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Bivalvia | Venerida

superfamily CYRENOIDEA Gray, 1840: syonymy
     3 families

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

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

GLAUCONOMOIDEA Gray, 1853
Gray, 1853. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11: 37.
Type genus: Glauconome Gray, 1828 = Glauconome

CYRENOIDOIDEA Adams & Adams, 1857
Adams & Adams, 1857. Gen. Rec. Moll. 2(31-32): 452.
Type genus: Cyrenoida de Joannis, 1835 = Cyrenoida

GELOINOIDEA Prashad, 1932
Prashad, 1932. Uitkomsten Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900, Siboga: 173.
Iredale, 1943. Austral. Zool. 10: 192.
Type genus: Geloina Gray, 1842 = Geloina

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

POLYMESODOIDEA Habe, 1977
Habe, 1977. Mollusc. Japan: 238.
Type genus: Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820 = Polymesoda
 
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