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Pseudochama; Temporal range: Eocene – Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil valve of Pseudochama gryphina from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Chamoidea
Family:	Chamidae
Genus:	Pseudochama; Odhner, 1917
Species
	See text.

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]

Synonyms:

Chama cornuta Dillwyn, 1817 and Chama gryphina Lamarck, 1819 have been accepted as Pseudochama gryphina.

References

^ Fossilworks
^ 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.
^ WoRMS
^ P. cristella at WoRMS

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[1] Fossilworks

[cc-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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