Gastrochaenidae

Gastrochaenidae
Rocellaria dubia figure 14
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: [unassigned] Euheterodonta
Superfamily: Gastrochaenoidea
Family: Gastrochaenidae
Gray, 1840
Genera

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Gastrochaenidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the unassigned Euheterodonta.

Genera

Genera within the family Gastrochaenidae include:[1]

  • Cucurbitula Gould, 1861
  • Dufoichaena Jousseaume in Lamy, 1925
  • Eufistulana Eames, 1951
  • Gastrochaena Spengler, 1783
  • Lamychaena Freneix, 1979
  • Rocellaria Blainville, 1828
  • Spengleria Tryon, 1861
  • Spenglerichaena Carter, 2011

Further reading

  • Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1

References

  1. Philippe Bouchet (2012). "Gastrochaenidae". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 8, 2012.


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