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Pseudochama

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Pseudochama
Temporal range: Eocene – Present
Fossil valve of Pseudochama gryphina from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Chamoidea
Family: Chamidae
Genus: Pseudochama
Odhner, 1917
Species

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Pseudochama is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae.

Fossil records

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The genus is known from the Eocene to the Recent periods (age range: from 40.4 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils shells have been found all over the world.[1]

Species

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Species within this genus include:[2]

Synonyms:

  • Chama cornuta Dillwyn, 1817 and Chama gryphina Lamarck, 1819 have been accepted as Pseudochama gryphina.

References

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  1. ^ Fossilworks
  2. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 53.
  3. ^ WoRMS
  4. ^ P. cristella at WoRMS