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Taxonomy
Chamelea was named by Mörch (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 814]. It is extant.
It was reranked as Dione (Chamelea) by Conrad (1863); it was reranked as Chione (Chamelea) by Dall (1903), Mansfield (1940) and Gardner (1943).
It was assigned to Dione by Conrad (1863); to Chione by Dall (1903), Mansfield (1940) and Gardner (1943); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Veneridae by Marasti (1973), Vera-Peláez et al. (2004) and Schneider et al. (2005).
It was reranked as Dione (Chamelea) by Conrad (1863); it was reranked as Chione (Chamelea) by Dall (1903), Mansfield (1940) and Gardner (1943).
It was assigned to Dione by Conrad (1863); to Chione by Dall (1903), Mansfield (1940) and Gardner (1943); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Veneridae by Marasti (1973), Vera-Peláez et al. (2004) and Schneider et al. (2005).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1853 | Chamelea Mörch |
| 1863 | Dione (Chamelea) Conrad p. 1292 |
| 1903 | Chione (Chamelea) Dall |
| 1940 | Chione (Chamelea) Mansfield p. 199 |
| 1943 | Chione (Chamelea) Gardner p. 129 |
| 1973 | Chamelea Marasti p. 111 |
| 2002 | Chamelea Sepkoski |
| 2004 | Chamalea Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255 |
| 2005 | Chamelea Schneider et al. p. 102 |
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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.
G. Chamelea Mörch 1853
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Chamelea gallina Linneus 1758
†Chione (Chamelea) catunna Mansfield 1940
†Chione (Chamelea) spada Dall 1903
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.4 Ma
Collections (43 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Mexico (Nuevo Leon) | Chione matulina (43067) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Mexico (Tamaulipas) | Chione matutina (43064) | |
| Rupelian | USA (Mississippi) | C. mississippiensis (6002 6003 6004 6005 6006 7110) | |
| Rupelian | Mexico (Nuevo Leon) | Chione matulina (43068) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | USA (North Carolina) | Chione spada (71651 71652) | |
| Chattian | USA (Mississippi) | Chione catunna (204653) | |
| Chattian - Aquitanian | USA (Florida) | Chione rhodia (61051 61070) Chione rhodia, Chione spada (60985) Chione spada (61098) | |
| Middle Miocene | Bulgaria | C. fasciculata (60292) | |
| Tortonian | Italy | Chamalea gallina (78437) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Italy | C. amidei (78335) C. amidei, C. gallina (78336) C. gallina (78338) | |
| Pliocene | South Africa | Chamalea rogersi, Chamalea schwarzi, Chamalea krigei (77527) C. rogersi, Chamalea schwarzi (77528) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa (Western Cape) | C. krigei (118257 118317 118318 118319) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy (Emilia-Romagna) | C. gallina (178117) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Italy (Livorno) | C. gallina (173663) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | C. krigei (122933 122934 122939) C. schwarzi, C. rogersi (122945) | |
| Pleistocene | Namibia | C. krigei (122932) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Morocco | Venus gallina (127587) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Netherlands | Chamalea gallina (98199 98205) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Morocco | Venus gallina (127639) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Spain | C. gallina (76577 76579 76580) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Turkey | C. gallina (78332 78333) |