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Gastrochaenidae Gray, 1840 
AphiaID: 250

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > [unassigned] Euheterodonta (Order) > Gastrochaenoidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Gastrochaenoidea
Synonymised
taxa
  Chaenidae Gray, 1858
Rocellariidae Ridewood, 1903
Sources  basis of record: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. 2010. Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. [details]

redescription: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch steenboorders  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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

Genus Chaena Philipsson, 1788 accepted as Gastrochaena Spengler, 1783
Genus Fistulana Bruguière, 1789 accepted as Eufistulana Eames, 1951
Genus Gastrochena accepted as Gastrochaena Spengler, 1783
Genus Gastrochoena accepted as Gastrochaena Spengler, 1783
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:250
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2011-04-30 06:57:51Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Gastrochaenidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=250 on 2013-05-23
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