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Chama
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Taxonomy
Chama was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp R]. It is extant. Its type is Chama lazarus.
It was assigned to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Chamidae by Glenn (1904), Woodring (1925), Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982), Dockery (1982), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Squires (1987), Freneix et al. (1988), Beu et al. (1990), Ward (1992), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Beu (2006), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).
It was assigned to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Chamidae by Glenn (1904), Woodring (1925), Vokes (1980), Woodring (1982), Dockery (1982), Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Squires (1987), Freneix et al. (1988), Beu et al. (1990), Ward (1992), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Beu (2006), Bouchet et al. (2010) and Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).
Species
C. (Chama), C. (Cipliacella), C. (Psilopus), C. aculeata, C. arcana, C. asperella, C. aspersa, C. berjadinensis, C. bezanconi, C. brassica, C. calcarata, C. callipona, C. canaliculata, C. chipolana, C. congregata (syn. C. congregatoides), C. cornu, C. corrugata, C. corticosaformis, C. eudeila, C. fimbriata, C. florida, C. fragum, C. frondosa, C. granti, C. gryphoides, C. huttoni, C. involuta, C. janus, C. lamellifera, C. lazarus (type species), C. limbula (syn. C. iostoma), C. macerophylla (syn. C. imbricata), C. monroensis, C. nejdensis, C. oblongum, C. pacifica, C. pellucida, C. piruensis, C. pittensis, C. pulchella, C. radians, C. radiata, C. reflexa, C. ruderalis, C. scheibei, C. sinuosa, C. squamuligera, C. strepta
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Chama Linnaeus p. 691 |
| 1904 | Chama Glenn p. 342 |
| 1925 | Chama Woodring p. 102 |
| 1980 | Chama Vokes p. 108 |
| 1982 | Chama Dockery p. 61 |
| 1982 | Chama Woodring p. 629 |
| 1987 | Chama Squires p. 62 |
| 1987 | Chama Ward and Blackwelder p. 130 |
| 1988 | Chama Freneix et al. p. 420 |
| 1990 | Chama Beu et al. p. 397 |
| 1992 | Chama Lamprell and Whitehead p. 50 |
| 1992 | Chama Ward p. 81 |
| 2002 | Chama Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Chama Beu p. 215 |
| 2010 | Chama Bouchet et al. |
| 2012 | Chama Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 432 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available