Chama limbula
creator: Fondo, Esther
creator: Huber, Markus
creator: Rosenberg, Gary
date: 2026-08-03
language: en
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publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Chama limbula Lamarck, 1819
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Chama limbula Lamarck, 1819. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208495 on 2026-08-03
created: 1997-11-20T14:22:23Z
modified: 2012-07-06T01:43:01Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Chama limbula Lamarck, 1819
class: Bivalvia
family: Chamidae
genus: Chama
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author.
name published in: Conrad, T. A. (1837). Description of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 7: 227-268, pls 17-20.
name published in: Reeve, L. A. (1846-1847). Monograph of the genus Chama. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 4, pl. 1-9 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 1-5, Dec. 1846; 6-9, Jan. 1847].
name published in: Küster, H. C.; Clessin, S. (1862-1889). Die Familie der Chamiden. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Neue Folgen. 8(5): pl. 1-2 (1862, Küster); pp. 1-16, pl. 3-10 (1888, Clessin); pp. 17-56, pl. 11-20 (1889, Clessin).
name published in year: 1819
name published in year: 1837
name published in year: 1846-1847
name published in year: 1862-1889
order: Venerida
parent name usage ID: 137775
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Lamarck, 1819
specific epithet: limbula
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted