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Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae

Taxonomy
Chama gryphina was named by Lamarck (1819) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Recent; Mediterranean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina by Freneix et al. (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Chama gryphina Lamarck
1988Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina Freneix et al. p. 421

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyChamoidea(Blainville 1825)
familyChamidaeBlainville 1825
genusPseudochamaOdhner 1917
subgenusPseudochamaOdhner 1917
speciesgryphina(Lamarck 1819)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 07:36:24
Modified: 2009-09-09 09:36:24
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Todd 2001, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Pseudochama gryphina (178108)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Austria Chama gryphina (77402)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Bulgaria Pseudochama gryphina (60288 60291 60292)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland Pseudochama gryphina (51690)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Cyprus Chama gryphina (34690 71902)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Spain Pseudochama gryphina (69788)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Pseudochama gryphina (70864 70885)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Italy Chama gryphina (72303)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Quaternary3.6 - 0.0Spain Pseudochama gryphina (147805)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Pseudochama gryphina (78312)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Angola Pseudochama gryphina (152644)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Chama gryphina (127359)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Chama gryphina (127619)