Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Synonym: Arcinellidae Scarlato and Starobogatov 1971
Parent taxon: Chamoidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Beu et al. 1990, Bouchet et al. 2010, Coan et al. 2000, Dockery 1982, Glenn 1904, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Squires 1987, Vokes 1980, Ward 1992 and Ward and Blackwelder 1987
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Arcinella Chama Pseudochama
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Angola (1 collection), Australia (5), the Bahamas (4), Bermuda (10), Brazil (1), Cayman Islands (2), Chile (2), Costa Rica (4), Cuba (2), Djibouti (6), the Dominican Republic (4), Ecuador (2), Egypt (2), Eritrea (2), French Polynesia (1), Haiti (2), India (1), Iran (1), Italy (4), Jamaica (2), Japan (6), Kenya (3), the Marshall Islands (2), Mayotte (4), Mexico (24), Morocco (1), Mozambique (1), New Zealand (3), Panama (2), Peru (2), Saudi Arabia (3), the Seychelles (4), South Africa (2), Spain (4), Sudan (1), Taiwan (2), Turks and Caicos Islands (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (88: California, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina), Vanuatu (2), Venezuela (3), Yemen (2)
• Blancan of United States (2: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Malaysia (5), United States (3: California, Florida)
• Pliocene of Chile (2), Colombia (7), Costa Rica (11), Cyprus (1), the Dominican Republic (8), Ecuador (4), Fiji (1), Greece (2), Haiti (2), Italy (4), Jamaica (4), Japan (3), Mexico (3), New Zealand (1), Panama (14), Papua New Guinea (1), Spain (2), Trinidad and Tobago (15), the United Kingdom (2), United States (45: California, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia), Venezuela (12)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (7)
• Miocene of Algeria (7), Australia (2), Austria (11), Brazil (8), Bulgaria (5), Colombia (25), Costa Rica (1), Cyprus (5), the Dominican Republic (11), Ecuador (4), France (2), Germany (1), Greece (2), Haiti (3), Hungary (1), India (1), Indonesia (7), Italy (10), Jamaica (1), Japan (1), Malta (1), Mexico (1), Moldova (2), Morocco (2), New Zealand (2), Northern Mariana Islands (1), Panama (57), the Philippines (1), Poland (5), Romania (2), Slovakia (1), Spain (2), United States (46: Alaska, California, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey), Venezuela (21)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene of Germany (2), Haiti (1), Italy (1), Jamaica (2), Peru (1), Romania (2), United States (16: Mississippi), Venezuela (3)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Haiti (1)
• Eocene of Australia (5), Bahrain (1), Bulgaria (1), China (1), Croatia (1), Egypt (2), France (3), Germany (2), Haiti (3), India (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (3), Jamaica (1), Pakistan (2), Romania (9), Saudi Arabia (1), Somalia (1), Spain (4), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (46: Alabama, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Washington)
• Paleocene of Belgium (2), France (1), United States (1: Georgia)
• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Antarctica (1), Egypt (1), France (1), Iran (1), Libya (1), New Zealand (3), Pakistan (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (1)
Total: 775 collections including 998 occurrences