Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Belongs to Chama according to Y. Okan and I. Hosgor 2009
See also Wilson 2002 and Woodring 1925
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 gryphoides, Chama huttoni, Chama involuta, Chama janus, Chama lamellifera, 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
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Djibouti (3 collections), Yemen (2)
• Miocene of Japan (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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