''Rocellaria'' is a
genus
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of saltwater clams,
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bivalve
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molluscs
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in the family
Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaenidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs
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.
Species
Species within the genus ''Rocellaria'' include:
* ''
Rocellaria carcellesi'' (Z. J. de Castellanos, 1970)
* ''
Rocellaria dubia
''Rocellaria'' is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaenidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of inverteb ...
'' (Pennant, 1777)
* ''
Rocellaria stimpsonii'' Tryon, 1861
References
Gastrochaenidae
Bivalve genera
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