Chama (bivalve)

{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|130|0|Cretaceous – Present}}

| image = Chamidae - Chama lazarus.JPG

| image_caption = Shell of Chama lazarus from Philippines at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano

| taxon = Chama

| authority = Linnaeus, 1758{{cite journal |author1=ICZN |title=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) |journal=Opinions and Declarations Rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature |date=1957 |volume=17 |issue=6 |pages=73–86 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34651608}}

| type_species=Chama lazarus{{cite journal |last1=Children |first1=J. G. |author-mask=[Children, J. G.] |title=Lamarck's Genera of Shells |journal=The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and the Arts |date=1823 |volume=15 |page=28 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14497329}}

| type_species_authority=Linnaeus, 1758

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  • Chama (Chama) Linnaeus, 1758
  • Lacinea G. B. Sowerby II, 1842
  • Maceris Modeer, 1793
  • Macerophylla Meuschen, 1787 ·
  • Psilopoderma Poli, 1795
  • Psilopus Poli, 1795

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

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

Species

Extant species within this genus include:[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137775 WoRMS]

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Extinct species

Extinct species within this genus include:[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17459 Fossilworks]

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  • Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819
  • Chama aspersa Reeve, 1846
  • Chama berjadinensis Hodson, 1927
  • Chama bezanconi Cossmann, 1887
  • Chama brassica Reeve, 1847
  • Chama calcarata Lamarck, 1806
  • Chama callipona Maury, 1924
  • Chama chipolana Dall, 1903
  • Chama corticosaformis Weisbord, 1929
  • Chama eudeila Maury, 1924
  • Chama fimbriata Defrance, 1817
  • Chama fragum Reeve, 1847
  • Chama huttoni Hector, 1886
  • Chama involuta Guppy, 1873
  • Chama lamellifera Tenison Woods, 1877
  • Chama monroensis Aldrich, 1903
  • Chama nejdensis Abbass, 1972
  • Chama pacifica Broderip, 1834
  • Chama pittensis Marwick, 1928
  • Chama radiata Dockery, 1977
  • Chama reflexa Reeve, 1846
  • Chama ruderalis Lamarck, 1819
  • Chama scheibei Anderson, 1929
  • Chama strepta Woodring, 1982

File: Chamidae - Chama gryphoides.JPG]]

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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.

References

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Category:Chamidae

Category:Bivalve genera

Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

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