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

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Bivalvia | Venerida | Cyrenoidea

family CYRENOIDIDAE H. & A. Adams, 1857 (1853): syonymy
     5 genera

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

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

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

 
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