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original descriptionGray, J. E. (1840). Shells of molluscous animals, pp. 105-152. <em>in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum.</em> ed. 42. G. Woodfall. London. 370 pp., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55287672 page(s): 134, 150; note: Original spelling Gastrochaenadae. [details]
basis of recordBouchet, P.; Rocroi, J. P. (2010). Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184., available online athttps://doi.org/10.4002/040.052.0201[details] Available for editors
additional sourceCarter J. G., Mcdowell T. & Namboodiri N. (2008). The identity of <i>Gastrochaena cuneiformis</i> Spengler, 1783, and the evolution of <i>Gastrochaena</i>, <i>Rocellaria</i>, and <i>Lamychaena</i> (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Gastrochaenoidea). <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 82(1), 102-117., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1666/04-066.1[details] Available for editors
redescriptionCoan, 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.[details]
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