Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Alternative combinations: Chama (Chama) gryphoides, Chama (Psilopus) gryphoides
Belongs to Chama according to H. Moths et al. 2010
See also Freneix et al. 1988, Wood 1850 and Wood 1879
Sister taxa: Chama (Chama), Chama (Cipliacella), Chama (Psilopus), Chama aculeata, Chama arcana, Chama asperella, Chama aspersa, Chama berjadinensis, Chama bezanconi, Chama brassica, Chama calcarata, Chama callipona, Chama canaliculata, Chama chipolana, Chama congregata, Chama cornu, Chama corrugata, Chama corticosaformis, Chama eudeila, Chama exogyra, Chama fimbriata, Chama florida, Chama fragum, Chama frondosa, Chama granti, Chama grunskyi, Chama huttoni, Chama involuta, Chama janus, Chama lamellifera, Chama lazarus, Chama limbula, Chama macerophylla, Chama monroensis, Chama nejdensis, Chama oblongum, Chama pacifica, Chama pellucida, Chama piruensis, Chama pittensis, Chama pulchella, Chama radians, Chama radiata, Chama reflexa, Chama ruderalis, Chama scheibei, Chama sinuosa, Chama squamuligera, Chama strepta
Subtaxa: Chama gryphoides gryphina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (2 collections), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (2), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Miocene of Algeria (6), Austria (10), Bulgaria (5), Cyprus (3), France (2), Germany (1), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Italy (4), Moldova (2), Morocco (2), Poland (5), Romania (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1)
Total: 55 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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