Pseudochama

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.

Species

Species within this genus include:

• Pseudochama cristella <small> (Lamarck, 1819) </small>
• Pseudochama exogyra <small>(Conrad, 1837)</small> – Pacific jewelbox
• Pseudochama granti <small>Strong, 1934</small> – deep jewelbox
• Pseudochama gryphina <small> (Lamarck, 1819) </small>
• Pseudochama inezae <small>Bayer, 1943</small> – alabaster jewelbox
• Pseudochama radians <small>(Lamarck, 1819)</small> – Atlantic jewelbox (accepted as Pseudochama cristella Lamarck, 1819)

Synonyms:

• Chama cornuta <small>Dillwyn, 1817</small> and Chama gryphina <small>Lamarck, 1819</small> have been accepted as Pseudochama gryphina.

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