WoRMS taxon details
Gastrana Schumacher, 1817
138530 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138530)
accepted
Genus
Gastrana donacina Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Gastrana matadoa (Gmelin, 1791) (type by subsequent designation)
Diodonta Deshayes, 1846 · unaccepted > unavailable name
Fragilia Deshayes, 1846 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Gastrana (Gastrana) Schumacher, 1817 · unaccepted > superseded rank
Uncidens Coen, 1934 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Gastrana lyngei (A. E. Salisbury, 1934)
- Species Gastrana matadoa (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Gastrana multangula (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Gastrana orstomi Cosel, 1995
- Subgenus Gastrana (Capsa) Bruguière, 1797 accepted as Asaphis Modeer, 1793 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Gastrana (Capsa) lacunosa (Chemnitz, 1782) accepted as Leporimetis papyracea (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > unavailable name)
- Subgenus Gastrana (Gastrana) Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Gastrana Schumacher, 1817 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Gastrana (Gastrana) fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Gastrana fragilis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Subgenus Gastrana (Leporimetis) Iredale, 1930 accepted as Leporimetis Iredale, 1930 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Gastrana (Metis) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 accepted as Metis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 accepted as Apolymetis A. E. Salisbury, 1929 (junior homonym)
- Species Gastrana (Metis) bridgmani Preston, 1905 accepted as Leporimetis coarctata (R. A. Philippi, 1845) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Gastrana (Sinomacoma) G. Yamamoto & T. Habe, 1959 accepted as Heteromacoma T. Habe, 1952 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Gastrana (Sinomacoma) contabulata (Deshayes, 1855) accepted as Macoma contabulata (Deshayes, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Gastrana abildgaardiana (L. Spengler, 1798) accepted as Gastrana matadoa (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Gastrana contabulata (Deshayes, 1855) accepted as Macoma contabulata (Deshayes, 1855) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Gastrana donacina Schumacher, 1817 accepted as Gastrana matadoa (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Gastrana guinaica (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Gastrana matadoa (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Gastrana japonica E. von Martens, 1865 accepted as Gastrana multangula (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Gastrana suarezensis Bertin, 1878 accepted as Salmacoma litoralis (Krauss, 1848)
- Species Gastrana ventricosa (Krauss, 1848) accepted as Gastrana matadoa (Gmelin, 1791) (junior synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 132 [details]
page(s): 132 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Gastrana Schumacher, 1817. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138530 on 2026-07-05
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Nomenclature
original description
Schumacher, C. F. (1817). Essai d'un nouveau système des habitations des vers testacés. <em>Schultz, Copenghagen.</em> iv + 288 pp., 22 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81329
page(s): 132 [details]
original description (of Fragilia Deshayes, 1846) Deshayes, G. P. (1845-1848). Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie. Histoire naturelle des Mollusques. Tome premier. Mollusques Acéphalés. Paris, Imprimerie Royale xx + 609 pp. , available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN623314185, https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN616153929, https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN623315394
page(s): 145, pl. 68 [details]
original description (of Uncidens Coen, 1934) Coen G. (1934). Due nuovi Lamellibranchi adriatici. <i>Note dell'Istituto Italo-Germanico di Biologia marina di Rovigno d'Istria 14</i>: 3-6, pl. 1-2
page(s): 3 [details]
original description (of Diodonta Deshayes, 1846) Deshayes, G. P. (1845-1848). Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie. Histoire naturelle des Mollusques. Tome premier. Mollusques Acéphalés. Paris, Imprimerie Royale xx + 609 pp. , available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN623314185, https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN616153929, https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN623315394
page(s): pl. 68 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 132 [details]
original description (of Fragilia Deshayes, 1846) Deshayes, G. P. (1845-1848). Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie. Histoire naturelle des Mollusques. Tome premier. Mollusques Acéphalés. Paris, Imprimerie Royale xx + 609 pp. , available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN623314185, https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN616153929, https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN623315394
page(s): 145, pl. 68 [details]
original description (of Uncidens Coen, 1934) Coen G. (1934). Due nuovi Lamellibranchi adriatici. <i>Note dell'Istituto Italo-Germanico di Biologia marina di Rovigno d'Istria 14</i>: 3-6, pl. 1-2
page(s): 3 [details]
original description (of Diodonta Deshayes, 1846) Deshayes, G. P. (1845-1848). Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie. Histoire naturelle des Mollusques. Tome premier. Mollusques Acéphalés. Paris, Imprimerie Royale xx + 609 pp. , available online at https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN623314185, https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN616153929, https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN623315394
page(s): pl. 68 [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
additional source
Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 313 [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 100 [details]
[request]additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 313 [details]
additional source Korobkov, I.A. (1954). Справочник и методическое руководство по третичным моллюскам: пластинчатожаберные [= A handbook and methodical guide to Tertiary molluscs: Lamellibranchiata]. Gosudarstvennoye nauchno-tekhnicheskoye izdatel'stvo neftyanoy i gorno-toplivnoy literatury, Leningrad, 444 pp., available online at https://www.geokniga.org/books/6177
page(s): 100 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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