Biology:Chama (bivalve)

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Short description: Genus of bivalves

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

See text

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

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:[3]

  • Chama ambigua Lischke, 1870
  • Chama anhduongae Thach, 2023
  • Chama arcana F. R. Bernard, 1987
  • Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819
  • Chama attenuata K. Martin, 1885
  • Chama bezanconi Cossmann, 1887
  • Chama brassica Reeve, 1847
  • Chama buddiana C.B. Adams, 1852
  • Chama cerinorhodon Hamada & Matsukuma, 2005
  • Chama cerion Matsukuma, Paulay & Hamada, 2003
  • Chama circinata di Monterosato, 1878
  • Chama congregata Conrad, 1833
  • Chama coralloides Reeve, 1846
  • Chama cosulcata Pezant, 1911
  • Chama crenulata Lamarck, 1819
  • Chama croceata Lamarck, 1819
  • Chama dahanaensis Icke & K. Martin, 1907
  • Chama depauperata Deshayes, 1858
  • Chama distans Deshayes, 1858
  • Chama dunkeri Lischke, 1870
  • Chama echinata Broderip, 1835
  • Chama ferrata Berezovsky, 2021
  • Chama florida Lamarck, 1819
  • Chama fragilis K. Martin, 1879
  • Chama frondosa Broderip, 1835
  • Chama gryphoides Linnaeus, 1758
  • Chama hicksi Valentich-Scott & Coan, 2010
  • Chama hunua Eagle, 2000
  • Chama inornata Deshayes, 1858
  • Chama intricata Deshayes, 1858
  • Chama isaacooki Healy, Lamprell & Stanisic, 1993
  • Chama lactuca Dall, 1886+
  • Chama lamellifera Tenison Woods, 1877
  • Chama lamellosa Lamarck, 1806
  • Chama lazarus Linnaeus, 1758
  • Chama limbula Lamarck, 1819
  • Chama linguafelis Reeve, 1847
  • Chama lobata Broderip, 1835
  • Chama macerophylla Gmelin, 1791
  • Chama niasensis Icke & K. Martin, 1907
  • Chama oomedusae Matsukuma, 1996
  • Chama ovalis K. Martin, 1879
  • Chama pacifica Broderip, 1835
  • Chama papyracea Deshayes, 1830
  • Chama pellucida Broderip, 1835
  • Chama plicatella Melleville, 1843
  • Chama producta Broderip, 1835
  • Chama pulchella Reeve, 1846
  • Chama punctata Bruguière, 1792
  • Chama punctulata Deshayes, 1858
  • Chama rubropicta Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
  • Chama ruderalis Lamarck, 1819
  • Chama sarda Reeve, 1847
  • Chama sedanensis Haanstra & Spiker, 1932
  • Chama simplex K. Martin, 1883
  • Chama sinuosa Broderip, 1835
  • Chama sordida Broderip, 1835
  • Chama squamosa Solander, 1766
  • Chama subcalcarata Berezovsky, 2021
  • Chama subgigas d'Orbigny, 1850
  • Chama tinctoria F. R. Bernard, 1976
  • Chama umbgrovei K. Martin, 1931
  • Chama venosa Reeve, 1847
  • Chama yaroni Delsaerdt, 1986


Extinct species

Extinct species within this genus include:[4]

  • 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
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

Wikidata ☰ Q3802202 entry