Gastrochaenidae is a
taxonomic family
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of saltwater clams,
marine bivalve molluscs
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is estim ...
in the order Gastrochaenida.
Genera
Genera within the family Gastrochaenidae include:
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Cucurbitula''
Gould, 1861
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Dufoichaena''
Jousseaume ''in'' Lamy, 1925
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Eufistulana''
Eames, 1951
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Gastrochaena''
Spengler, 1783
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Lamychaena''
Freneix, 1979
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Rocellaria''
Blainville, 1828
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Spengleria''
Tryon, 1861
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Spenglerichaena''
Carter, 2011
References
Further reading
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Powell A. W. B., ''New Zealand Mollusca'',
William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
Bivalve families
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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