WoRMS taxon details
Chamelea Mörch, 1853
AphiaID: 138633
AphiaID: 138633
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Veneroidea (Superfamily) > Veneridae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Parent | Veneridae Rafinesque, 1815 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Hermione Leach in Gray, 1852 (synonym) Ortygia T. Brown, 1827 (synonym) Plurigens Finlay, 1930 (synonym) | |||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Beu A.G. (2004) Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34(2): 111-265. page(s): 178 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Finlay H.J. (1930) Additions to the Recent fauna of New Zealand. No. 3. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 61: 222-247. [Published 23 August 1930], available online at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_61/rsnz_61_01_001600.html page(s): 245 [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Chamelea radiata (Brocchi, 1814) † Species Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778) Species Chamelea bollonsi (Powell, 1932) accepted as Tawera bollonsi Powell, 1932 accepted as Tawera sphaericula (Deshayes, 1853) Species Chamelea coelata (Menke, 1843) accepted as Tawera coelata (Menke, 1843) Species Chamelea gallinula (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Tawera gallinula (Lamarck, 1818) Species Chamelea gayi (Hupé, 1854) accepted as Tawera elliptica (Lamarck, 1818) Species Chamelea lagopus (Lamarck, 1818) accepted as Tawera lagopus (Lamarck, 1818) Species Chamelea marionae (Finlay, 1928) accepted as Tawera marionae Finlay, 1928 Species Chamelea mawsoni (Hedley, 1916) accepted as Tawera mawsoni (Hedley, 1916) Species Chamelea phenax (Finlay, 1930) accepted as Tawera phenax (Finlay, 1930) Species Chamelea philomela (E. A. Smith, 1885) accepted as Tawera philomela (E. A. Smith, 1885) Species Chamelea rosa (Powell, 1955) accepted as Tawera rosa Powell, 1955 Species Chamelea sphaericula (Deshayes, 1853) accepted as Chamelea bollonsi (Powell, 1932) accepted as Tawera bollonsi Powell, 1932 accepted as Tawera sphaericula (Deshayes, 1853) Species Chamelea spissa (Deshayes, 1835) accepted as Tawera spissa (Deshayes, 1835) Species Chamelea torresiana (E. A. Smith, 1884) accepted as Tawera torresiana (E. A. Smith, 1884) | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Feedingtype | suspension feeder [details] | |||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138633 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Chamelea Mörch, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138633 on 2013-05-22 | ||||||||
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