Pseudochama

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

Pseudochama
Temporal range: Eocene – Present
Fossil valve of Pseudochama gryphina from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Chamoidea
Family: Chamidae
Genus: Pseudochama
Odhner, 1917
Species

See text.

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
  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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