Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Gastrochaenida > Superfamily Gastrochaenoidea > Family Gastrochaenidae > Genus Rocellaria

Rocellaria dubia (Pennant, 1777)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Mya Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rocellaria*	Blainville, 1829	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Chama parva*	da Costa, 1778	synonym
*Gastrochaena conchyliophila*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Gastrochaena dubia*	(Pennant, 1777)	synonym
*Gastrochaena dubia var. lata*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Gastrochaena hians*	J. Fleming, 1828	synonym
*Gastrochaena modiolina*	Lamarck, 1818	synonym
*Gastrochaena pelagica*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Gastrochaena polii*	R. A. Philippi, 1844	synonym
*Gastrochaena tarentina*	O. G. Costa, 1830	synonym
*Mya pholadia*	Montagu, 1803	synonym
*Mytilus ambiguus*	Dillwyn, 1817	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: European flask shell; flask shel sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Europäische Gastrochaena

Literature

basis of record	Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Carter J. G., Mcdowell T. & Namboodiri N. (2008). The identity of Gastrochaena cuneiformis Spengler, 1783, and the evolution of Gastrochaena, Rocellaria, and Lamychaena (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Gastrochaenoidea). Journal of Paleontology. 82(1), 102-117.
identification resource	Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Rocellaria dubia (Pennant, 1777). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:505249

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Environment

marine, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

EU Habitat Directive:
annex II EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

EU Habitat Directive Annex II: Species of community interest whose conservation requires the designation of special areas of conservation.

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2023-02-27 by Maxim Vinarski

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