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Chama involuta

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae

Taxonomy

Chama involuta was named by Guppy (1873) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Caribbean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. agronomica, C. ancestralis, C. benoisti, C. boriesi, C. brauni, C. brimonti, C. buchivacoana, C. caimitica, C. callosa, C. caloosana, C. ciplyensis, C. clacarata, C. coquandi, C. corbierei, C. corbieri, C. corticosa, C. cossmanni, C. crenulata, C. dahanaensis, C. dissimilis, C. distans, C. dunkeri, C. engonia, C. eudeiela, C. gainesensis, C. gamella, C. gardnerae, C. gigas, C. granulosa, C. gryphina, C. gryphoides, C. harrisi, C. heilprini, C. hillsboroughensis, C. latecostata, C. lobata, C. minima, C. monstrosa, C. niasensis, C. ovalis, C. pannicularia, C. papyracea, C. paraensis, C. pellati, C. placentina, C. praetexta, C. punctata, C. richardsi, C. riocanica, C. saharica, C. sarda, C. selseyensis, C. semipurpurata, C. sinuosa, C. species, C. spinosa, C. squamosa, C. subgigas, C. subsquamosa, C. tampaensis, C. tartareui, C. taylorensis, C. thalassopora, C. toeroeki, C. turgida, C. turgidula, C. umbgrovei, C. weinheimensis, C. willcoxii, C. capanemensis, C. concinnatus, C. coopericellus, C. daidela, C. plinthota, C. subgigas, C. callimorpha, C. indossolubilis, C. thalera, C. penthesileae, C. griphoides

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1873	Chama involuta Guppy p. 86 figs. pl. 2, fig. 5
1925	Chama involuta Woodring p. 103

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Veneroidei	(Gray 1854)
—	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Chamoidea	(Blainville 1825)
family	Chamidae	Blainville 1825
genus	Chama
species	involuta	Guppy 1873

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Chama involuta Guppy 1873

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

stationaryg

Attached:

yesg

Epibiont:

yesg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2004-02-29 18:18:36

Modified:

2009-12-13 03:25:35

Source: g = genus, c = class

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 15.98000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (15 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	Dominican Republic	Chama involuta (74913)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Dominican Republic	Chama involuta (74958)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Dominican Republic	Chama involuta (74914)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Dominican Republic	Chama involuta (75042)
Messinian - Zanclean	7.246 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	Chama involuta (75036 75037)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	Chama involuta (58874)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	Chama involuta (74961 74964 74968)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Haiti	Chama involuta (66814 66816)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	Jamaica	Chama involuta (58522 69093 69094)