1. Species Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819
2. Species Chama brassica Reeve, 1847
3. Species Chama croceata Lamarck, 1819
4. Species Chama dunkeri Lischke, 1870
5. Species Chama lazarus Linnaeus, 1758
6. Species Chama limbula Lamarck, 1819
7. Species Chama lobata Broderip, 1835
8. Species Chama pacifica Broderip, 1835
9. Species Chama pulchella Reeve, 1846
10. Species Chama fragum Reeve, 1847 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
11. Species Chama japonica Lamarck, 1819 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
12. Species Chama chinensis Chenu, 1846 accepted as Chama brassica Reeve, 1847 (unaccepted > nomen oblitum)
13. Species Chama fibula Reeve, 1846 accepted as Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819 (junior subjective synonym)
14. Species Chama plinthota L. R. Cox, 1927 accepted as Chama croceata Lamarck, 1819 (junior subjective synonym, C. plinthota is a replacement name for C. imbricata Broderip, 1835, non Lamarck)
15. Species Chama semipurpurata Lischke, 1870 accepted as Chama dunkeri Lischke, 1870 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

recent + fossil

feminine

Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors  

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chama Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2025) Chinese Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137775 on 2026-05-14

Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2026). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Chama Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137775 on 2026-05-14

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