''Cyzicus'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
clam shrimp
Clam shrimp are a group of bivalved branchiopod crustaceans that resemble the unrelated bivalved molluscs. They are extant and also known from the fossil record, from at least the Devonian period and perhaps before. They were originally classif ...
s in the family
Cyzicidae. Identified by
Jean Victoire Audouin in 1837, the genus was reidentified as ''Caenestheriella'' by
Eugen von Daday in 1910.
There are seven species in the genus:
[
*'' Cyzicus belfragei'' (Packard, 1871) – Belfrage clam shrimp
*'' Cyzicus californicus'' (Packard, 1883) – California clam shrimp
*'' Cyzicus elongatus'' (Mattox, 1957 – elongate clam shrimp
*'' Cyzicus gynecia'' (Mattox, 1949) – Mattox clam shrimp
*'' Cyzicus mexicanus'' (Claus, 1860) – Mexican clam shrimp
*'' Cyzicus morsei'' (Packard, 1883) – Morse clam shrimp
*'' Cyzicus setosa'' (Pearse, 1912) – setose clam shrimp
]
References
Branchiopoda genera
Spinicaudata
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