Pseudochama
{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Pseudochama
| image = Chamidae - Pseudochama gryphina.JPG
| image_caption = Fossil valve of Pseudochama gryphina from Pliocene of Italy
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|40.4|0|Eocene – Present}}
| authority = Odhner, 1917
| display_parents = 3
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text.
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Pseudochama is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae.
Fossil records
The genus is known from the Eocene to the Recent periods (age range: from 40.4 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils shells have been found all over the world.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=18144 Fossilworks]
Species
Species within this genus include:Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 53.
- Pseudochama cristella (Lamarck, 1819)
- Pseudochama exogyra (Conrad, 1837) – Pacific jewelbox
- Pseudochama granti Strong, 1934 – deep jewelbox
- Pseudochama gryphina (Lamarck, 1819) [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139122 WoRMS]
- Pseudochama inezae Bayer, 1943 – alabaster jewelbox
- Pseudochama radians (Lamarck, 1819) – Atlantic jewelbox (accepted as Pseudochama cristella Lamarck, 1819)[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504796 P. cristella at WoRMS]
Synonyms:
- Chama cornuta Dillwyn, 1817 and Chama gryphina Lamarck, 1819 have been accepted as Pseudochama gryphina.