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Chama exogyra (California reversed chama)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Chama exogyra Conrad p. 256
1903Chama exogyra Arnold p. 130
1946Chama (Pseudochama) exogyra Willett p. 30
1988Pseudochama (Pseudochama) exogyra Moore p. D32 figs. Plate 9, figures 11, 13, 14; plate 10, figures 2, 4; plate 11, figure 5
2000Pseudochama exogyra Coan et al. p. 310
2021Chama exogyra Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyChamoidea(Blainville 1825)
familyChamidaeBlainville 1825
genusChama
speciesexogyraConrad 1837

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 exogyra Conrad 1837 [California reversed chama]
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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 Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Pseudochama exogyra (200398 200403 238437 238607)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Chama exogyra (186031)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Pseudochama exogyra (223033)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Pseudochama exogyra (223075)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Pseudochama exogyra (237610 240573 240574 240577)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Pseudochama exogyra (96565)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Pseudochama exogyra (96590 96592 96593)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Pseudochama exogyra (202634 202636 202638 202639 202648 203108 203113 203114)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Chama exogyra (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Pseudochama exogyra (89597)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Pseudochama exogyra (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Chama exogyra (222660 222661) Pseudochama exogyra (96566 96895 96937 96939 160361 240594 240595 240600 240603 240650 240652 240653 240655)