Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Alternative spelling: Chama (Pseudochama)
Parent taxon: Chamidae according to E. J. Moore 1988
See also Freneix et al. 1988, Mansfield 1940, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Willett 1946
Subtaxa: Chama quirosana Pseudochama (Pseudochama)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Costa Rica (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Morocco (1), Spain (1), United States (5: North Carolina, South Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (1), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (5), United States (12: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Austria (1), Bulgaria (3), Colombia (2), Cyprus (2), Ecuador (1), France (1), Italy (1), Panama (1), Poland (1), Spain (1), United States (23: Florida), Venezuela (2)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Mississippi)
• Eocene of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 75 collections including 76 occurrences
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