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

Chamidae Lamarck, 1809

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Arcinella Schumacher, 1817
Chama Linnaeus, 1758
Pseudochama Odhner, 1917

Literature

basis of record

Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. 2010. Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184.

redescription

Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

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Citation

Bouchet, P. (2014). Chamidae Lamarck, 1809. 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:23001

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Occurrence

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Environment


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Last modified

2012-01-04 by Philippe Bouchet

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