Gastrochaena

Gastrochaena
Gastrochaena cf. ovata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Gastrochaenida
Family:	Gastrochaenidae
Genus:	Gastrochaena (Spengler, 1783)
Species
See text
Synonyms
Chaena Philipsson, 1788 Gastrochena Gastrochoena

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

Species

Species in the genus Gastrochaena include:

• Gastrochaena brevis G.B. Sowerby I, 1834
• Gastrochaena carteri Nielsen, 1986
• Gastrochaena cuneiformis Spengler, 1783
• Gastrochaena denticulata Deshayes, 1855
• Gastrochaena difficilis Deshayes, 1855
• Gastrochaena frondosa Cotton, 1934
• Gastrochaena humilis Deshayes, 1855
• Gastrochaena kanaka Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938
• Gastrochaena macroschisma Deshayes, 1855
• Gastrochaena ovata Sowerby I, 1834
• Gastrochaena philippinensis Deshayes, 1855
• Gastrochaena spathulata Deshayes, 1855

References

• 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.