Lynceidae is a family 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 ...
in the order
Laevicaudata
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 classifi ...
. There are about 5 genera and more than 20 described species in Lynceidae.
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Genera
These five genera belong to the family Lynceidae:
* '' Leptestheriella''
* '' Limnetis'' Loven, 1846
* '' Lynceiopsis'' Daday, 1912
* ''Lynceus In Greek mythology, Lynceus (; Ancient Greek: Λυγκεύς "lynx-eyed") may refer to the following personages.
* Lynceus, one of the 50 Sons of Aegyptus.
* Lynceus, king in Thrace and husband of Lathusa, friend of Procne. Tereus gave Philomel ...
'' Müller, 1776
* '' Paralimnetis'' Gurney, 1931-17
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