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For each valid genus, the nominal generic synonyms are listed. The taxonomic history (since 1900) at the bottom of the page lists the genera to which all of the currently included species have been classified.

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genus Cyprogenia Agassiz, 1852: nominal genera
2 valid species

Cyprogenia Agassiz, 1852
Agassiz, 1852, Arch. Naturg. 18(1): 47.
Type species: Unio irroratus Lea, 1828 (orig. desig.) = Cyprogenia stegaria

Crypogenia Fischer, 1887
‘Agassiz’ Fischer, 1887, Manuel Conchyl.: 1000.
(error for Cyprogenia Agassiz, 1852)

Cryptogenia Ortmann, 1909
Ortmann, 1909, Nautilus 22(9): 93.
(error for Cyprogenia Agassiz, 1852)

Taxonomic History (since 1900)

Obovaria — Simpson (1900), Simpson (1914)
Cyprogenia — Simpson (1900), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1909), Ortmann (1912), ..., Williams et al. (2017), Smith et al. (2019), Klymus et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Unio (s.s.) — Call (1900)
Cryptogenia [sic] — Ortmann (1909)
Unio — de Gregorio (1914)
— Vanatta (1915)

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