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Chama fimbriata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae

Taxonomy

Chama fimbriata was named by Defrance (1817). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Chama (Chama) fimbriata by Meszaros (1957).

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
1817	Chama fimbriata Defrance
1957	Chama (Chama) fimbriata Meszaros pp. 12-13
2009	Chama fimbriata Okan and Hosgor p. 8

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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	fimbriata	Defrance 1817

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 fimbriata Defrance 1817

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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 Ypresian to the top of the Rupelian or 56.00000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Türkiye (Yerkoy)	Chama fimbriata (98010)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Romania	Chama fimbriata (101821 101822)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	France	Chama fimbriata (78567)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	France (Oise)	Chama fimbriata (3494)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Italy	Chama fimbriata (78565)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Romania	Chama fimbriata (101967)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Germany (Bavaria)	Chama fimbriata (10703)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Romania	Chama fimbriata (187379)