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Pseudochama gryphina

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Pseudochama gryphina
Temporal range: Eocene - Recent
Fossil valve of Pseudochama gryphina from Pliocene of Italy
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P. gryphina
Binomial name
Pseudochama gryphina
(Lamarck, 1819)

Pseudochama gryphina is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae. This species can be found in the Mediterranean Sea and on coasts of Angola and surroundings.[1][2][3]

Fossil records

The genus Pseudochama is known from the Eocene to the Recent periods (age range: from 40.4 to 0.0 million years ago).[4]

References

  1. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 54.
  2. ^ WoRMS
  3. ^ GBIF
  4. ^ Fossilworks