Chama (bivalve)

Chama Temporal range:
Shell of Chama lazarus from Philippines at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Family:	Chamidae
Genus:	Chama Linnaeus, 1758
Species
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Chama is a genus of cemented saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Chamidae, the jewel boxes.

Species

Extant species within this genus include:

• Chama ambigua Lischke, 1870
• Chama arcana F. R. Bernard, 1987
• Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819
• Chama brassica Reeve, 1847
• Chama buddiana C.B. Adams, 1852
• Chama cerinorhodon Hamada & Matsukuma, 2005
• Chama cerion Matsukuma, Paulay & Hamada, 2003
• Chama circinata di Monterosato, 1878
• Chama congregata Conrad, 1833
• Chama coralloides Reeve, 1846
• Chama crenulata Lamarck, 1819
• Chama croceata Lamarck, 1819
• Chama dunkeri Lischke, 1870
• Chama echinata Broderip, 1835
• Chama florida Lamarck, 1819
• Chama frondosa Broderip, 1835
• Chama gryphoides Linnaeus, 1758
• Chama hicksi Valentich-Scott & Coan, 2010
• Chama isaacooki Healy, Lamprell & Stanisic, 1993
• Chama lactuca Dall, 1886
• Chama lazarus Linnaeus, 1758
• Chama limbula Lamarck, 1819
• Chama linguafelis Reeve, 1847
• Chama lobata Broderip, 1835
• Chama macerophylla Gmelin, 1791
• Chama oomedusae Matsukuma, 1996
• Chama pacifica Broderip, 1835
• Chama pellucida Broderip, 1835
• Chama producta Broderip, 1835
• Chama pulchella Reeve, 1846
• Chama rubropicta Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
• Chama ruderalis Lamarck, 1819
• Chama sarda Reeve, 1847
• Chama sinuosa Broderip, 1835
• Chama sordida Broderip, 1835
• Chama tinctoria F. R. Bernard, 1976
• Chama venosa Reeve, 1847
• Chama yaroni Delsaerdt, 1986

Extinct species

Extinct species within this genus include:

• Chama asperella† Lamarck, 1819
• Chama aspersa† Reeve, 1846
• Chama berjadinensis† Hodson, 1927
• Chama bezanconi † Cossmann, 1887
• Chama brassica† Reeve, 1847
• Chama calcarata† Lamarck, 1806
• Chama callipona† Maury, 1924
• Chama chipolana† Dall, 1903
• Chama corticosaformis† Weisbord, 1929
• Chama eudeila† Maury, 1924
• Chama fimbriata† Defrance, 1817
• Chama fragum† Reeve, 1847
• Chama huttoni† Hector, 1886
• Chama involuta† Guppy, 1873
• Chama lamellifera† Tenison Woods, 1877
• Chama monroensis† Aldrich, 1903
• Chama nejdensis† Abbass, 1972
• Chama pacifica† Broderip, 1834
• Chama pittensis† Marwick, 1928
• Chama radiata† Dockery, 1977
• Chama reflexa† Reeve, 1846
• Chama ruderalis† Lamarck, 1819
• Chama scheibei† Anderson, 1929
• Chama strepta† Woodring, 1982

Fossil shell of Chama gryphoides

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Cretaceous period to the Quaternary period (age range 130.0 to 0.0 million years ago.). Fossil shells within this genus have been found all over the world.