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Taxonomy
Chametrachea was named as a genus. It is extant.
It was reranked as Tridacna (Chametrachea) by Harzhauser et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Tridacna by Harzhauser et al. (2008); and to Chametracheidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was reranked as Tridacna (Chametrachea) by Harzhauser et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); to Tridacna by Harzhauser et al. (2008); and to Chametracheidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Chametrachea Sepkoski |
| 2008 | Tridacna (Chametrachea) Harzhauser et al. p. 205 |
| 2010 | Chametrachea Bouchet et al. |
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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.
Subg. Tridacna (Chametrachea)
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Tridacna (Chametrachea) crocea Lamarck 1819
Tridacna (Chametrachea) rosewateri Sirenko and Scarlato 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, subf = subfamily, f = family | |||||
| References: Whittington et al. 1997, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia (Kalimantan) | Tridacna mbalavuana (173685) | |
| Pliocene | Indonesia (Kalimantan Timur) | Tridacna squamosa (46490) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Japan (Okinawa) | Tridacna squamosa (96696) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Egypt | Tridacna squamosa (120130) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Jordan | Tridacna squamosa (82749 82752 82754) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Djibouti | Tridacna squamosa, Tridacna crocea (96787) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Saudi Arabia | Tridacna squamosa (107972 201414) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Seychelles | Tridacna crocea (81009) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | French Polynesia | Tridacna squamosa (194003) | |
| Holocene | Jordan | Tridacna squamosa (97661) | |
| Holocene | Japan | Tridacna squamosa (82029 165437 165438) |