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Chamidae Lamarck, 1809 
AphiaID: 23001

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Chamoidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Chamoidea
Sources  basis of record: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. 2010. Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. [details]

redescription: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Genus Amphichama Habe, 1964
Genus Arcinella Schumacher, 1817
Genus Carditochama Matsukuma, 1996
Genus Chama Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Eopseuma Odhner, 1919
Genus Pseudochama Odhner, 1917

Genus Echinochama P. Fischer, 1887 accepted as Arcinella Schumacher, 1817
Genus Lacinea G. B. Sowerby II, 1842 accepted as Chama Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Maceris Modeer, 1793 accepted as Chama Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Macerophylla Mörch, 1853 accepted as Chama Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Psilopoderma Poli, 1795 accepted as Chama Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Psilopus Poli, 1795 accepted as Chama Linnaeus, 1758
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23001
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2012-01-04 17:55:52Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Chamidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23001 on 2013-06-19
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