WoRMS taxon details
Chama lactuca Dall, 1886
420817 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:420817)
accepted
Species
marine
Dall, W. H. (1886). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Carribean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 12(6): 171-318, pls 1-9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30397212
page(s): 268 [details]
page(s): 268 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Chama lactuca Dall, 1886. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420817 on 2026-03-23
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Nomenclature
original description
Dall, W. H. (1886). Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Carribean Sea (1879-80), by the U.S. Coast Survey steamer "Blake", Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N. and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding. XXIX. Report on the Mollusca. Part 1, Brachiopoda and Pelecypoda. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 12(6): 171-318, pls 1-9., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30397212
page(s): 268 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 268 [details]
basis of record Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, Colleg [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1943). The Florida species of the family Chamidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 56(4): 116-124, pl. 12, figs. 1-6, pl. 13, pl. 14, figs. 15-16, 26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520231
page(s): 120-121, pl. 12, figs. 1-2 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bayer, F. M. (1943). The Florida species of the family Chamidae. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 56(4): 116-124, pl. 12, figs. 1-6, pl. 13, pl. 14, figs. 15-16, 26., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8520231
page(s): 120-121, pl. 12, figs. 1-2 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chama lactuca Syntype USNM 64305)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To NMNH Extant Collection (Chama lactuca Syntype USNM 64305)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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