Cyrenidae is a family of clams in the order Venerida.Gofas, S. (2015). Cyrenidae Gray, 1847. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=238370 on 2015-08-26
Genera Genera within this family include: Batissa Gray, 1853 Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 Cyanocyclas Blainville, 1818 Geloina Gray, 1842 Polymesoda Rafinesque, 1820 Villorita Gray, 1833
Taxa brought into synonymy †Cyrenida:Fossilworks synonym of Corbicula Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 Subfamily Polymesodinae Habe, 1977: synonym of Cyrenidae Gray, 1847 Note The species formerly known as Sphaerium avanum Theobald, 1874 has been transferred to the genus Corbicula as Corbicula (Sphaerocorbicula) avana comb. nov., confirming its placement in Cyrenidae rather than Sphaeriidae.
References
Bieler R., Carter J.G. & Coan E.V. 2010: Classification of Bivalve families. pp. 113–133, in: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2010), Nomenclator of Bivalve Families. Malacologia, 52(2): 1–184. (redescription) Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.