Chama (bivalve)

Chama (genus) Temporal range:
Shell of Chama lazarus from Philippines at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Veneroida
Family:	Chamidae
Genus:	Chama Linnaeus, 1758

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.