Pseudochama

Pseudochama
Temporal range: Eocene - Recent
Fossil valve of Pseudochama gryphina from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Chamidae
Genus: Pseudochama
Odhner, 1917
  • Chama cornuta Dillwyn, 1817
  • Chama gryphina Lamarck, 1819
  • Chama sinistrorsa Brocchi, 1814
  • Chama virens Chenu, 1846

Pseudochama is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae.

Fossil records

The genus is known from the Eocene to the Recent periods (age range: from 40.4 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils shells have been found all over the world.[1]

Species

Species within this genus include:[2]

  • Pseudochama cristella (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Pseudochama exogyra (Conrad, 1837) — Pacific jewelbox
  • Pseudochama granti Strong, 1934 — deep jewelbox
  • Pseudochama gryphina (Lamarck, 1819) [3]
  • Pseudochama inezae Bayer, 1943 — alabaster jewelbox
  • Pseudochama radians (Lamarck, 1819) — Atlantic jewelbox (accepted as Pseudochama cristella Lamarck, 1819) [4]

References

  1. ↑ Fossilworks
  2. ↑ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 53.
  3. ↑ WoRMS
  4. ↑ P. cristella at WoRMS


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