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Gastrochaena (Rocellaria)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae

Taxonomy
Rocellaria was named by Blainville (1828). It is extant.

It was reranked as Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) by Freneix et al. (1988).

It was assigned to Gastrochaenidae by Bohm (1926); to Gastrochaena by Freneix et al. (1988); and to Rocellariidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Rocellaria Blainville
1926Rocellaria Bohm p. 64
1988Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) Freneix et al. p. 440
2010Rocellaria Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderGastrochaenidinaMorretes 1949
superfamilyGastrochaenoidea(Gray 1840)
familyGastrochaenidaeGray 1840
genusGastrochaenaSpengler 1783
subgenusRocellaria(Blainville 1828)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) Blainville 1828
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Rocellaria clausa Bohm 1926
Rocellaria sacculus Bohm 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available