Gastrochaena

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Gastrochaenida
Family:	Gastrochaenidae
Genus:	Gastrochaena (Spengler, 1783)
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Chaena Philipsson, 1788 Gastrochena Gastrochoena

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