Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Heterodonta > Infraclass Euheterodonta > Order Veneroida > Superfamily Chamoidea > Family Chamidae > Genus Chama

Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Chama*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Chama aspersa*	Reeve, 1846, sensu Spry (1964)	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
additional source	Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
additional source	Raines B. & Huber M. (2012) Biodiversity quadrupled - Revision of Easter Island and Sala y Gomez bivalves. Zootaxa 3217: 1-106. [29 Feb. 2012]

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
GBIF

Citation

Rosenberg, G.; Huber, M. (2014). Chama asperella. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208488