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Pseudochama

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Chamidae

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Bivalvia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Veneroida

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Similar
  
Chamidae, Chama gryphoides, Arcinella arcinella, Chama lazarus, Diplodonta

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

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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.

Species

Species within this genus include:

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

    • References

    Pseudochama Wikipedia
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