Cyrenoidea

For taxon described by Hall, see Cyrenoida.

Cyrenoidea is a superfamily of freshwater bivalves in the order Venerida.^[2]

Cyrenoidea
Polymesoda notabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Cyrenoidea J. E. Gray, 1840
Families[1]
See text
Synonyms[1]
Corbiculoidea J. E. Gray, 1847 Cyrenoidoidea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 (1853)

Description

There are approximately 60 or more living species of the superfamily, which can be found in marine, brackish, and freshwater environments.^[2]

Taxonomy

The following families are recognised in the superfamily Cyrenoidea:^[3]

• Cyrenidae J. E. Gray, 1840
• Cyrenoididae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1857 (1853)
• Glauconomidae J. E. Gray, 1853