Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Synonym: Echinochama Fischer 1887
Parent taxon: Chamidae according to M. C. Perrilliat 1992
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Moore 1988, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980, Woodring 1925 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Chama, Pseudochama
Subtaxa: Arcinella antiquata Arcinella arcinella Arcinella californica Arcinella cornuta Arcinella draconis Arcinella trachyderma Arcinella yaquensis Echinochama praearcinella Echinochama pristina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Costa Rica (1), United States (22: Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of Colombia (4), Costa Rica (9), the Dominican Republic (5), Ecuador (3), Jamaica (3), Mexico (1), Panama (2), United States (13: California, Florida, South Carolina), Venezuela (4)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (6)
• Miocene of Brazil (7), Colombia (14), Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (5), Ecuador (3), Haiti (3), Mexico (1), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Panama (41), United States (24: Florida), Venezuela (4)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Haiti (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1)
Total: 182 collections including 190 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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