Chama
creator: Gofas, Serge
creator: Tran, Bastien
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Vinarski, Maxim
date: 2026-08-02
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Chama Linnaeus, 1758
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Chama Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137775 on 2026-08-02
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2019-11-16T08:11:35Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Chama Linnaeus, 1758
class: Bivalvia
family: Chamidae
genus: Chama
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
name published in: Modeer, A. (1793). Inledning til kunskapen om maskkraken i allmänhet; 5. Classen. Musslor, Cochleata. Kongliga Vetenskaps Academiens Nya Handlinger. 14: 163–183.
name published in: Meuschen, F. C., (1787) Mvsevm Geversianvm sive index rervm natvralivm continens instrvctissimam copiam pretiosissimorvm omnis generis ex tribvs regnis natvræ objectorvm qvam dvm in vivs erat magna diligentia mvltaqve cvra comparavit Abrahamvs Gevers. Publice distrahendam Rotterodami in ædiebus nobilissimi defuncti 12. Septembris & seqq. 1787 per P. et J. Holsteyn. - pp. I-IV [= 1-4], 1-659, [1]. Rotterodami. (considered not consistently binominal under Art. 11.4.)
name published in: Poli, J. X. (1795). Testacea utriusque Siciliae eorumque historia et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata. Parma: Regio Typographeio. Vol. 2: i-xlix, [1-2], 75-264, pls 19-39.
name published in year: 1758
name published in year: 1793
name published in year: 1787
name published in year: 1795
order: Venerida
parent name usage ID: 23001
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Linnaeus, 1758
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted