Biology:Gastrochaenidae

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Short description: Family of bivalves

Gastrochaenidae
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subterclass: Euheterodonta
Superorder: Imparidentia
Order: Gastrochaenida
Lange de Morretes, 1949
Superfamily: Gastrochaenoidea
Gray, 1840
Family: Gastrochaenidae
Gray, 1840
Genera

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Gastrochaenidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the order Gastrochaenida.

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

References

Further reading

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

Wikidata ☰ Q3014662 entry