Pseudochama is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae.
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| Fossil valve of Pseudochama gryphina from Pliocene of Italy | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Chamoidea |
| Family: | Chamidae |
| Genus: | Pseudochama Odhner, 1917 |
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Fossil records
editThe 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
editSpecies 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
edit- ^ 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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