African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Chama Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

137775 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137775)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Chama lazarus Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Chamidae Lamarck, 1809

Original name

Chama Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (25)

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Species Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819
Species Chama brassica Reeve, 1847
Species Chama crenulata Lamarck, 1819
Species Chama croceata Lamarck, 1819
Species Chama gryphoides Linnaeus, 1758
Species Chama lazarus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Chama limbula Lamarck, 1819
Species Chama macerophylla Gmelin, 1791
Species Chama pacifica Broderip, 1835
Species Chama ruderalis Lamarck, 1819
Species Chama fragum Reeve, 1847 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Chama aspersa Reeve, 1846 sensu Spry, 1964 accepted as Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted > misapplication)
Species Chama chinensis Chenu, 1846 accepted as Chama brassica Reeve, 1847 (unaccepted > nomen oblitum)
Species Chama cornucopia Reeve, 1846 accepted as Pseudochama corbierei (Jonas, 1846)
Species Chama damaecornis Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Chama lazarus Linnaeus, 1758
Species Chama divaricata Reeve, 1847 accepted as Chama pacifica Broderip, 1835
Species Chama fibula Reeve, 1846 accepted as Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819 (junior subjective synonym)
Species Chama fimbriata Reeve, 1847 accepted as Chama ruderalis Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted > junior homonym, invalid: junior homonym of Chama fimbriata Defrance, 1817)
Species Chama imbricata Broderip, 1835 accepted as Chama croceata Lamarck, 1819 (junior subjective synonym, C. plinthota is a replacement name for C. imbricata Broderip, 1835, non Lamarck)
Species Chama iostoma Conrad, 1837 accepted as Chama limbula Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Chama lazarus Linnaeus, 1758 sensu Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Chama macerophylla Gmelin, 1791 (misapplication)
Species Chama nivalis Reeve, 1846 accepted as Chama limbula Lamarck, 1819
Species Chama reflexa Reeve, 1846 accepted as Chama pacifica Broderip, 1835
Species Chama savignyi Jousseaume, 1921 accepted as Chama croceata Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Species Chama spinosa Broderip, 1835 accepted as Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819 (junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chama Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137775 on 2026-05-30

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Chama Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137775 on 2026-05-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-03-24 10:05:37Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2011-01-21 12:16:55Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2011-03-17 19:14:13Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-11-16 07:11:35Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

additional source Lamy E. 1928. Révision des Chama vivants du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Journal de Conchyliologie, 71: 293-383. [details]

additional source Campbell, M.R., Steiner, G., Campbell, L.D & Dreyer, H. (2004). Recent Chamidae (Bivalvia) from the western Atlantic Ocean. Malacologia. 46: 381–415., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28112961 [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. [details]

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