Polymesoda

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Polymesoda
File:Polymesoda artacta 001.jpg
Polymesoda arctata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Cyrenoidea
Family: Cyrenidae
Genus: Polymesoda
Rafinesque, 1820
Species

See text.

Synonyms
List
  • Cyprinella Gabb, 1864 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Cyrena (Anomala) Deshayes, 1855
  • Cyrena (Egeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
  • Cyrena (Polymesoda) Rafinesque, 1820
  • Cyrena (Pseudocyrena) Bourguignat, 1854
  • Diodus Gabb, 1869 (junior subjective synonym)
  • Egetaria Mörch, 1861 (junior synonym)
  • Leptosiphon P. Fischer, 1872
  • Neocyrena Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894
  • Polymesoda (Egeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858· accepted, alternate representation
  • Polymesoda (Egetaria) Mörch, 1861· accepted, alternate representation
  • Polymesoda (Neocyrena) Crosse & P. Fischer, 1894· accepted, alternate representation
  • Polymesoda (Polymesoda) Rafinesque, 1820· accepted, alternate representation
  • Polymesoda (Pseudocyrena) Bourguignat, 1854
  • Pseudocyrena Bourguignat, 1854

Polymesoda is a genus of clams in the family Cyrenidae.[1] The genus was previously classified in the family Corbiculidae,[2] before it was subsumed into Cyrenidae.

Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Polymesoda:[3]

Former species

Many former species of the genus Polymesoda were transferred to the genus Geloina, while others were synonymized or transferred to different genera. For a list of former species see List of former species in the genus Polymesoda.

References

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  1. ^ Bouchet, P. and S. Gofas. (2014). Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ Polymesoda. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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