Gastrochaena is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Gastrochaenidae. The type species of this genus is Gastrochaena cuneiformis.

Gastrochaena
Gastrochaena cf. ovata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Gastrochaenida
Family: Gastrochaenidae
Genus: Gastrochaena
(Spengler, 1783)
Species

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Synonyms[1]
  • Chaena Philipsson, 1788
  • Gastrochena
  • Gastrochoena

Species

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Species in the genus Gastrochaena include:

References

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  1. ^ Gofas, Serge (2004). "Gastrochaena Spengler, 1783". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
  • Bassi, D.; Braga, J.C.; Owada, M.; Aguirre, J.; Lipps, J.H.; Takayanagi, H.; Iryu, Y. (2020). "Boring bivalve traces in modern reef and deeper water macroid and rhodolith beds". Progress in Earth and Planetary Science. 7 (41). Bibcode:2020PEPS....7...41B. doi:10.1186/s40645-020-00356-w. hdl:10481/64249.