Chama (bivalve)
Genus of bivalves
Chama genus of cemented saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Chamidae , the jewel boxes.
Species
Extant species within this genus include:[ 3]
Chama ambigua Lischke, 1870 Chama anhduongae Thach, 2023 Chama arcana F. R. Bernard, 1987 Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819 † Chama attenuata K. Martin, 1885
† Chama bezanconi Cossmann, 1887
Chama brassica Reeve, 1847 Chama buddiana C.B. Adams, 1852 Chama cerinorhodon Hamada & Matsukuma, 2005 Chama cerion Matsukuma, Paulay & Hamada, 2003 Chama circinata di Monterosato, 1878 Chama congregata Conrad, 1833 Chama coralloides Reeve, 1846 † Chama cosulcata Pezant, 1911
Chama crenulata Lamarck, 1819 Chama croceata Lamarck, 1819 † Chama dahanaensis Icke & K. Martin, 1907
† Chama depauperata Deshayes, 1858
† Chama distans Deshayes, 1858
Chama dunkeri Lischke, 1870 Chama echinata Broderip, 1835 † Chama ferrata Berezovsky, 2021
Chama florida Lamarck, 1819 † Chama fragilis K. Martin, 1879
Chama frondosa Broderip, 1835 Chama gryphoides Linnaeus , 1758 Chama hicksi Valentich-Scott & Coan, 2010 † Chama hunua Eagle, 2000
† Chama inornata Deshayes, 1858
† Chama intricata Deshayes, 1858
Chama isaacooki Healy, Lamprell & Stanisic, 1993 Chama lactuca Dall, 1886 +† Chama lamellifera enison Woods, 1877
† Chama lamellosa Lamarck, 1806
Chama lazarus Linnaeus , 1758 Chama limbula Lamarck, 1819 Chama linguafelis Reeve, 1847 Chama lobata Broderip, 1835 Chama macerophylla Gmelin, 1791 † Chama niasensis Icke & K. Martin, 1907
Chama oomedusae Matsukuma, 1996 † Chama ovalis K. Martin, 1879
Chama pacifica Broderip, 1835 † Chama papyracea Deshayes, 1830
Chama pellucida Broderip, 1835 † Chama plicatella Melleville, 1843
Chama producta Broderip, 1835 Chama pulchella Reeve, 1846 † Chama punctata Bruguière, 1792
† Chama punctulata Deshayes, 1858
Chama rubropicta Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 Chama ruderalis Lamarck, 1819 Chama sarda Reeve, 1847 † Chama sedanensis Haanstra & Spiker, 1932
† Chama simplex K. Martin, 1883
Chama sinuosa Broderip, 1835 Chama sordida Broderip, 1835 † Chama squamosa Solander, 1766
† Chama subcalcarata Berezovsky, 2021
† Chama subgigas d'Orbigny, 1850
Chama tinctoria F. R. Bernard, 1976 † Chama umbgrovei K. Martin, 1931
Chama venosa Reeve, 1847 Chama yaroni Delsaerdt, 1986
Extinct species
Extinct species within this genus include:[ 4]
Chama asperella † Lamarck, 1819 Chama aspersa † Reeve, 1846 Chama berjadinensis † Hodson, 1927 Chama bezanconi † Cossmann, 1887 Chama brassica † Reeve, 1847 Chama calcarata † Lamarck, 1806 Chama callipona † Maury, 1924 Chama chipolana † Dall, 1903 Chama corticosaformis † Weisbord, 1929 Chama eudeila † Maury, 1924 Chama fimbriata † Defrance, 1817 Chama fragum † Reeve, 1847 Chama huttoni † Hector, 1886 Chama involuta † Guppy, 1873 Chama lamellifera † Tenison Woods, 1877 Chama monroensis † Aldrich, 1903 Chama nejdensis † Abbass, 1972 Chama pacifica † Broderip, 1834 Chama pittensis † Marwick, 1928 Chama radiata † Dockery, 1977 Chama reflexa † Reeve, 1846 Chama ruderalis † Lamarck, 1819 Chama scheibei † Anderson, 1929 Chama strepta † Woodring, 1982 Fossil shell of Chama gryphoides
This genus is known in the fossil record from the Cretaceous period to the Quaternary period (age range 130.0 to 0.0 million years ago.). Fossil shells within this genus have been found all over the world.[ 4]
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