Cyrēna (C. Lam.), Gattung der Muscheln, der Gattung Cyclas verwandt, mit dicken, etwas schief dreiseitigen, von einer Epidermis bedeckten Schalen, am Schloßrand sind entweder auf beiden Seiten 3 Zähne, od. auf der einen 2, auf der andern 3. Sie leben in den tropischen Meeren, einige Arten sind auch fossil in der Wealdenformation Englands u. Norddeutschlands.
Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.
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