WoRMS name details
Cyrena Lamarck, 1818
525448 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:525448)
unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Genus
Cyrena cor Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Corbicula fluminalis (O. F. Müller, 1774) (type by subsequent designation)
Cyrenea [sic] † · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
- Subgenus Cyrena (Anomala) Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820
- Species Cyrena (Anomala) maritima C. B. Adams, 1852 accepted as Polymesoda inflata (R. A. Philippi, 1851) (junior synonym)
- Subgenus Cyrena (Batissa) J. E. Gray, 1853 accepted as Batissa J. E. Gray, 1853 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cyrena (Batissa) primei Morelet, 1863 accepted as Corbicula bocourti (Morelet, 1865) (unavailable, a junior homonym)
- Subgenus Cyrena (Corbicula) Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 accepted as Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
- Species Cyrena (Corbicula) transversa E. von Martens, 1877 accepted as Corbicula japonica Prime, 1864 (a junior synonym)
- Subgenus Cyrena (Cyrena) Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811
- Subgenus Cyrena (Egeta) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 accepted as Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820
- Subgenus Cyrena (Leptosiphon) P. Fischer, 1872 accepted as Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Cyrena (Polymesoda) Rafinesque, 1820 accepted as Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820
- Subgenus Cyrena (Pseudocyrena) Bourguignat, 1854 accepted as Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820
- Species Cyrena acuta Prime, 1861 accepted as Polymesoda neubaueri Coan & Valentich-Scott, 2022 (invalid: junior homonym of Cyrena acuta Ludwig, 1861 [January]; Polymesoda neubaueri is a replacement name)
- Species Cyrena altilis A. Gould, 1853 accepted as Polymesoda mexicana (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cyrena angulata Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Polymesoda inflata (R. A. Philippi, 1851) (invalid: junior homonym of Cyrena angulata Römer, 1836)
- Species Cyrena anomala Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Polymesoda anomala (Deshayes, 1855) (original combination)
- Species Cyrena arctata Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1855) (original combination)
- Species Cyrena bengalensis Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Cyrena bernardiana Prime, 1861 accepted as Geloina bernardiana (Prime, 1861) (original combination)
- Species Cyrena cardiformis G. B. Sowerby II, 1876 accepted as Polymesoda anomala (Deshayes, 1855)
- Species Cyrena chilina Prime, 1867 accepted as Polymesoda fontainei (A. d'Orbigny, 1846) (junior synonym)
- Species Cyrena cochinensis Hanley, 1859 accepted as Villorita cyprinoides (Gray, 1825) (junior synonym)
- Species Cyrena compta Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Geloina expansa (Mousson, 1849)
- Species Cyrena corbiculaeformis Prime, 1860 accepted as Villorita cyprinoides (Gray, 1825) (junior synonym)
- Species Cyrena cordiformis Récluz, 1853 accepted as Polymesoda inflata (R. A. Philippi, 1851) (invalid: junior homonym of Cyrena cordiformis Deshayes, 1824; C. recluzii is a replacement name)
- Species Cyrena cumingii Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Polymesoda inflata (R. A. Philippi, 1851)
- Species Cyrena cyprinaeformis Prime, 1861 accepted as Geloina oviformis (Deshayes, 1854) (junior synonym)
- Species Cyrena cyprinoides Gray, 1825 accepted as Villorita cyprinoides (Gray, 1825) (original combination)
- Species Cyrena cyprinoides Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 accepted as Geloina papua (R. P. Lesson, 1831) (unavailable; a junior homonym of Cyrena cyprinoides non Gray, 1825)
- Species Cyrena depressa Lamarck, 1818 accepted as Tridonta borealis Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cyrena divaricata Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Geloina divaricata (Deshayes, 1855)
- Species Cyrena expansa Mousson, 1849 accepted as Geloina expansa (Mousson, 1849) (original name)
- Species Cyrena floridana Conrad, 1846 accepted as Polymesoda floridana (Conrad, 1846) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cyrena fortis Prime, 1861 accepted as Polymesoda fortis (Prime, 1861) (original combination)
- Species Cyrena fragilis G. B. Sowerby II, 1877 accepted as Polymesoda mexicana (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
- Species Cyrena germana Prime, 1867 accepted as Polymesoda triangula (von dem Busch, 1849) (junior synonym)
- Species Cyrena inflata R. A. Philippi, 1851 accepted as Polymesoda inflata (R. A. Philippi, 1851) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cyrena inflata Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Polymesoda inflata (R. A. Philippi, 1851) (junior homonym and synonym of Cyrena inflata Philippi, 1851; C. panamensis is a replacement name)
- Species Cyrena insignis Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Polymesoda caroliniana (Bosc, 1801)
- Species Cyrena isocardioides Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Polymesoda anomala (Deshayes, 1855)
- Species Cyrena keraudrenia R. P. Lesson, 1831 accepted as Batissa violacea (Lamarck, 1818) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cyrena kochi Schepman, 1919 accepted as Geloina schepmani M. Huber, 2015 (invalid: junior homonym of Cyrena kochii Dunker, 1843; Geloina schepmani is a replacement name)
- Species Cyrena laevis Prime, 1861 accepted as Geloina nitida (Deshayes, 1855) (junior synonym)
- Species Cyrena lata Mousson, 1849 accepted as Geloina expansa (Mousson, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination, original name)
- Species Cyrena luchuana Pilsbry, 1894 accepted as Geloina luchuana (Pilsbry, 1894) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cyrena maritima C. B. Adams, 1852 accepted as Polymesoda inflata (R. A. Philippi, 1851) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cyrena mexicana Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 accepted as Polymesoda mexicana (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829) (original combination)
- Species Cyrena moerchiana Prime, 1866 accepted as Geloina moerchiana (Prime, 1866) (original combination)
- Species Cyrena moussoni E. von Martens, 1897 accepted as Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818)
- Species Cyrena nicaraguana Prime, 1869 accepted as Polymesoda nicaraguana (Prime, 1869) accepted as Polymesoda fortis (Prime, 1861) (original combination)
- Species Cyrena nitida Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Geloina nitida (Deshayes, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cyrena nitidula Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Polymesoda notabilis (Deshayes, 1855) (Cyrena notabilis given precedence by First Reviser's choice by Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012))
- Species Cyrena notabilis Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Polymesoda notabilis (Deshayes, 1855) (original combination)
- Species Cyrena obscura Prime, 1860 accepted as Polymesoda obscura (Prime, 1860) (original combination)
- Species Cyrena olivacea P. P. Carpenter, 1857 accepted as Polymesoda mexicana (Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829)
- Species Cyrena ordinaria Prime, 1865 accepted as Polymesoda ordinaria (Prime, 1865) (original combination)
- Species Cyrena pallida Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Geloina coaxans (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Cyrena panamensis Prime, 1860 accepted as Polymesoda inflata (R. A. Philippi, 1851)
- Species Cyrena papua R. P. Lesson, 1831 accepted as Geloina papua (R. P. Lesson, 1831) (original combination)
- Species Cyrena peruviana Deshayes, 1855 accepted as Polymesoda inflata (R. A. Philippi, 1851)
- Species Cyrena philippinarum Hanley, 1844 accepted as Batissa philippinarum (Hanley, 1844) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cyrena protexta Conrad, 1869 accepted as Cyrena floridana Conrad, 1846 accepted as Polymesoda floridana (Conrad, 1846) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cyrena proxima Prime, 1864 accepted as Geloina coaxans (Gmelin, 1791) (junior synonym)
- Species Cyrena pulchella Mousson, 1849 accepted as Corbicula pulchella (Mousson, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cyrena pullastra Mörch, 1861 accepted as Polymesoda notabilis (Deshayes, 1855) (junior synonym)
- Species Cyrena purpurea H. C. Lea, 1842 accepted as Gemma gemma (Totten, 1834) (junior synonym)
- Species Cyrena radiata Hanley, 1845 accepted as Polymesoda radiata (Hanley, 1845) (original combination)
- Species Cyrena recluzii Prime, 1860 accepted as Polymesoda inflata (R. A. Philippi, 1851) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Cyrena regalis Prime, 1865 accepted as Polymesoda arctata (Deshayes, 1855)
- Species Cyrena regularis Prime, 1861 accepted as Geloina nitida (Deshayes, 1855) (junior synonym)
- Species Cyrena siamensis Prime, 1861 accepted as Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818) (junior synonym)
- Species Cyrena siamica [sic] accepted as Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818) (misspelling of original name, Cyrena siamensis Prime, 1861)
- Species Cyrena solida R. A. Philippi, 1846 accepted as Polymesoda fortis (Prime, 1861) (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Cyrena solida Dunker, 1843; C. nicaraguana is a replacement name)
- Species Cyrena solida G. B. Sowerby II, 1877 accepted as Geloina oviformis (Deshayes, 1854) (non Dunker, 1843)
- Species Cyrena suborbicularis R. A. Philippi, 1848 accepted as Geloina coaxans (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Cyrena sumatrensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1822 accepted as Geloina bengalensis (Lamarck, 1818) (original combination)
- Species Cyrena triangula von dem Busch, 1849 accepted as Polymesoda triangula (von dem Busch, 1849) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cyrena triangularis Metcalfe, 1852 accepted as Geloina triangularis (Metcalfe, 1852) (original combination)
- Species Cyrena tribunalis Prime, 1870 accepted as Polymesoda tribunalis (Prime, 1870) (original combination)
- Species Cyrena vanikorensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1835 accepted as Geloina vanikorensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1835) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cyrena fontainei R. A. Philippi, 1851 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Cyrena ponderosa Prime, 1860 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 552 [562] [details]
page(s): 552 [562] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Cyrena Lamarck, 1818. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=525448 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1818). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome cinquième, 612 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12886879
page(s): 552 [562] [details]
page(s): 552 [562] [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Vinarski, M. V.; Kantor, Yu. I. (2016). Analytical catalogue of fresh and brackish water molluscs of Russia and adjacent countries. A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of Russian Academy of Science, Moscow, 544 pp.
page(s): 80 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 80 [details] Available for editors

Other
additional source
Vernhout, J. H. (1914). The non-marine molluscs of Surinam. <em>Notes from the Leyden Museum.</em> 36: 1-46, pls. 1-2., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14021311
page(s): 38; note: Unidentified subfossil [details]
additional source Deshayes, G. P. (1824). Cyrène. <i>Cyrena</i>, pp. 288-291. In: J. Bory de Saint-Vincent (ed.), <i>Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle</i>, vol. 5. Rey & Gravier, and Baudouin frères, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25675468 [details]
page(s): 38; note: Unidentified subfossil [details]
additional source Deshayes, G. P. (1824). Cyrène. <i>Cyrena</i>, pp. 288-291. In: J. Bory de Saint-Vincent (ed.), <i>Dictionnaire classique d'histoire naturelle</i>, vol. 5. Rey & Gravier, and Baudouin frères, Paris. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25675468 [details]