African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

WRiMS taxon details

Chama Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

137775 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137775)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Chamidae Lamarck, 1809

Original name

Chama Linnaeus, 1758

Direct children (7)

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Species Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819
Species Chama brassica Reeve, 1847
Species Chama macerophylla Gmelin, 1791
Species Chama pacifica Broderip, 1835
Species Chama aspersa Reeve, 1846 sensu Spry, 1964 accepted as Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted > misapplication)
Species Chama chinensis Chenu, 1846 accepted as Chama brassica Reeve, 1847 (unaccepted > nomen oblitum)
Species Chama cornucopia Reeve, 1846 accepted as Pseudochama corbierei (Jonas, 1846)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chama Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137775 on 2025-07-08

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Chama Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced%20/aphia.php/api-docs/images/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137775 on 2025-07-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-03-24 10:05:37Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2011-01-21 12:16:55Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2011-03-17 19:14:13Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-11-16 07:11:35Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

[taxonomic tree]

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

context source (PeRMS) Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. Revista peruana de biología. 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

additional source Lamy E. 1928. Révision des Chama vivants du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Journal de Conchyliologie, 71: 293-383. [details]

additional source Campbell, M.R., Steiner, G., Campbell, L.D & Dreyer, H. (2004). Recent Chamidae (Bivalvia) from the western Atlantic Ocean. Malacologia. 46: 381–415., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28112961 [details]

redescription Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. [details]

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Introduced: alien

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