Chama (bivalve)

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Chama
Temporal range: Cretaceous – Present
Chamidae - Chama lazarus.JPG
Shell of Chama lazarus from Philippines at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Chamidae
Genus: Chama
Linnaeus, 1758 [1]
Type species
Chama lazarus [1] [2]
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Synonyms
  • Chama (Chama)Linnaeus, 1758
  • LacineaG. B. Sowerby II, 1842
  • MacerisModeer, 1793
  • MacerophyllaMeuschen, 1787 ·
  • PsilopodermaPoli, 1795
  • PsilopusPoli, 1795

Chama is a genus of cemented saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Chamidae, the jewel boxes.

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Species

Extant species within this genus include: [3]

Extinct species

Extinct species within this genus include: [4]

Fossil shell of Chama gryphoides Chamidae - Chama gryphoides.JPG
Fossil shell of Chama gryphoides

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Cretaceous period to the Quaternary period (age range 130.0 to 0.0 million years ago.). Fossil shells within this genus have been found all over the world. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 ICZN (1957). "Opinion 484. Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology and to the Official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology respectively of the generic name Chama Linnaeus, 1758, and the family-group name Chamiidae (correction of Camacea) Blainville, 1825 (Class Pelecypoda)". Opinions and Declarations Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 17 (6): 73–86. doi:10.5962/p.149623.
  2. [Children, J. G.] (1823). "Lamarck's Genera of Shells". The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and the Arts. 15: 28.
  3. WoRMS
  4. 1 2 Fossilworks