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Chama grunskyi

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae

Taxonomy

Chama grunskyi was named by Hanna (1924).

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

Synonyms

Chama pacifica was named by Dickerson (1917). Its type specimen is CAS 399 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was replaced with Chama grunskyi by Hanna (1924).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1917	Chama pacifica Dickerson p. 172 figs. PI. 29, Fig. 10
1924	Chama grunskyi Hanna p. 162
1938	Chama grunskyi Effinger p. 369 figs. Plate 46, figures 9, 10

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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	grunskyi

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 grunskyi Hanna 1924

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Invalid names: Chama pacifica Dickerson 1917 [replaced]

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 Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (California)	Chama grunskyi (52804)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Washington)	Chama pacifica (4900)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Washington)	Chama grunskyi (40733)