Pseudochama

Pseudochama; Temporal range: Eocene - Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil valve of Pseudochama gryphina from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Veneroida
Family:	Chamidae
Genus:	Pseudochama; Odhner, 1917 Chama cornuta Dillwyn, 1817; Chama gryphina Lamarck, 1819; Chama sinistrorsa Brocchi, 1814; Chama virens Chenu, 1846;

Pseudochama is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae.

Fossil records

The genus is known from the Eocene to the Recent periods (age range: from 40.4 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils shells have been found all over the world. ^[1]

Species

Species within this genus include: ^[2]

Pseudochama cristella (Lamarck, 1819)
Pseudochama exogyra (Conrad, 1837) — Pacific jewelbox
Pseudochama granti Strong, 1934 — deep jewelbox
Pseudochama gryphina (Lamarck, 1819) ^[3]
Pseudochama inezae Bayer, 1943 — alabaster jewelbox
Pseudochama radians (Lamarck, 1819) — Atlantic jewelbox (accepted as Pseudochama cristella Lamarck, 1819) ^[4]

References

^ Fossilworks
^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 53.
^ WoRMS
^ P. cristella at WoRMS

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[1] Fossilworks

[cc-2] Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 53.

[3] WoRMS

[4] P. cristella at WoRMS

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