Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Alternative spelling: Rocellaria
Parent taxon: Gastrochaena according to S. Freneix et al. 1988
See also Bohm 1926 and Bouchet et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Gastrochaena (Spengleri), Gastrochaena (Spengleria), Gastrochaena couvana, Gastrochaena cuneiformis, Gastrochaena deshayesea, Gastrochaena dubitata, Gastrochaena gigantea, Gastrochaena hians, Gastrochaena mississippiensis, Gastrochaena moreana, Gastrochaena obtusa, Gastrochaena ovata, Gastrochaena ripleyana, Gastrochaena rotunda
Subtaxa: Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) dubia Rocellaria clausa Rocellaria sacculus
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection), Japan (2), South Africa (1), United States (2: Florida, Hawaii)
• Pliocene of Belgium (3), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), the United Kingdom (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Netherlands Antilles (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Austria (1), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Moldova (5), Poland (1)
• Eocene of Namibia (1)
Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences