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Chamidae (jewel box)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Chamidae Blainville
1904Chamidae Glenn p. 342
1965Chamidae Newell p. 19
1971Arcinellidae Scarlato and Starobogatov
1980Chamidae Vokes p. 108
1982Chamidae Dockery p. 61
1987Chamidae Squires p. 62
1987Chamidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1990Chamidae Beu et al. p. 397
1992Chamidae Ward p. 81
2000Chamidae Coan et al. p. 258
2009Chamidae Nevesskaja
2010Chamidae Bouchet et al.
2011Chamidae Carter et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyChamoidea(Blainville 1825)
familyChamidaeBlainville 1825
familyChamidaeBlainville 1825

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Chamidae Blainville 1825 [jewel box]
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G. Arcinella Schumacher 1817
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Arcinella antiquata Guppy 1866
Arcinella arcinella Linnaeus 1767
Arcinella cornuta Conrad 1866
Arcinella draconis Dall 1903
Arcinella trachyderma Pilsbry and Johnson 1921
Arcinella yaquensis Maury 1917
Invalid names: Echinochama Fischer 1887 [synonym]
G. Chama Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Chama (Chama) Linnaeus 1758
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Chama (Chama) echinata Broderip 1835
Subg. Chama (Psilopus) Poli 1795
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Chama aculeata Poli 1795
Chama arcana Bernard 1976
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 canaliculata Sowerby 1813
Chama chipolana Dall 1903
Chama congregata Conrad 1833
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Invalid names: Chama congregatoides Maury 1917 [synonym]
Chama cornu Nilsson 1827
Chama corrugata Broderip 1835
Chama corticosaformis Weisbord 1929
Chama eudeila Maury 1924
Chama exogyra Conrad 1837
Chama fimbriata Defrance 1817
Chama florida Lamarck 1819
Chama fragum Reeve 1847
Chama frondosa Broderip 1835
Chama frondosa mexicana Carpenter 1857
Chama granti Strong 1934
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758
Chama huttoni Hector 1886
Chama involuta Guppy 1873
Chama janus Reeve 1847
Chama lamellifera Tenison Woods 1877
Chama lazarus Linnaeus 1758
Chama limbula Lamarck 1819
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Invalid names: Chama iostoma Conrad 1837 [synonym]
Chama macerophylla Gmelin 1791
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Invalid names: Chama imbricata Lamarck 1801 [synonym]
Chama monroensis Aldrich 1903
Chama nejdensis Abbass 1972
Chama oblongum Linnaeus 1758
Chama pacifica Broderip 1834
Chama pellucida Broderip 1835
Chama piruensis Squires 1987
Chama pittensis Marwick 1928
Chama radians Lamarck 1819
Chama radiata Dockery 1977
Chama reflexa Reeve 1846
Chama ruderalis Lamarck 1819
Chama scheibei Anderson 1929
Chama sinuosa Broderip 1836
Chama squamuligera Pilsbry and Lowe 1932
Chama strepta Woodring 1982
G. Pseudochama Odhner 1917
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Chama quirosana Hodson 1927
Invalid names: Arcinellidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1971 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Epibiont: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: ER, IM, CE, SU according to Todd (2001).f
Created: 2009-07-05 10:14:39
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:35:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Todd 2001

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 130.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma

Collections (764 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (DrĂ´me) Chama sp. (75576)
Albian - Aptian113.0 - 113.0Antarctica (Alexander Island) Arcinella sp. (2079)
Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.9 - 85.8Angola Chama sp. (210891)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1New Zealand (South Island) Chama sp. (101382)
Haumurian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand (Canterbury) Chama sp. (101408 101409)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Libya Chama cossmanni (1370)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Egypt Chama saharica (1363)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Pakistan (Baluchistan) Chama callosa (1384)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Spain Chama coquandi, Chama tartareui (1317)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Serbia and Montenegro Chama toeroeki (1380)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Iran Chama callosa (1383)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Chama ancestralis (22931) Chama ciplyensis, Chama sp. (26879)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Chama sp., Cipliacella supracretacea (20816)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Georgia) Chama gainesensis (92371)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) Chama taylorensis (7788 7789 83950 84337)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Rajasthan) Chama brimonti (46999)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Chama piruensis (178752)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Chama turgidula (59789)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Turkey (Yerkoy) Chama fimbriata (98010)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Saudi Arabia (Ash Sharqiyah) Chama nejdensis (42459)