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Abstract
The genusgroup name Eufistulana Eames, 1951, is in current and prevailing usage for a group of gastrochaenid
bivalves. Eufistulana Eames, 1951, was proposed as a replacement name for the preoccupied Fistulana Bruguire,
1789, with Teredo clava Gmelin, 1791, as the type species. Teredo clava Gmelin, 1791, is a teredinid and is the type
species of the genus Uperotus Guettard, 1770. It is clear that the original type species, Teredo clava Gmelin, 1791, was
misidentified. In order to preserve the current and prevailing usage of Eufistulana Eames, 1951, for a genus of
gastrochaenid bivalves, its type species is fixed as Gastrochaena mumia Spengler, 1783 under Article 70.3.2 of the
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
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