WoRMS taxon details
Chamidae Lamarck, 1809
23001 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23001)
accepted
Family
- Genus Amphichama Kuroda & Habe, 1961
- Genus Arcinella Schumacher, 1817
- Genus Carditochama Matsukuma, 1996
- Genus Chama Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Cipliacella É. Vincent, 1928 †
- Genus Eopseuma Odhner, 1919
- Genus Pseudochama Odhner, 1917
- Genus Chamites Gesner, 1758 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published in a work placed on the Official Index by Opinion 230)
- Genus Maceris Modeer, 1793 accepted as Chama Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Macerophylla Meuschen, 1787 accepted as Chama Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Lamarck, J.-B. (M. de). (1809). Philosophie zoologique, ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris, Dentu & the author. Tome premier, I-XXV, 1-428. Tome second, 1-475., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675762f/f6.item.texteImage
page(s): 318; note: Original spelling 'Les camacées' (vernacular). [details]
page(s): 318; note: Original spelling 'Les camacées' (vernacular). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chamidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23001 on 2025-07-18
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Nomenclature
original description
Lamarck, J.-B. (M. de). (1809). Philosophie zoologique, ou exposition des considérations relatives à l'histoire naturelle des animaux. Paris, Dentu & the author. Tome premier, I-XXV, 1-428. Tome second, 1-475., available online at https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5675762f/f6.item.texteImage
page(s): 318; note: Original spelling 'Les camacées' (vernacular). [details]
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. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 318; note: Original spelling 'Les camacées' (vernacular). [details]
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. <em>Malacologia.</em> 52(2): 1-184. [details] Available for editors
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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. [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Paredes, C.; Cardoso, F.; Santamaría, J.; Esplana, J.; Llaja, L. (2016). Lista anotada de los bivalvos marinos del Perú. <em>Revista peruana de biología.</em> 23(2), 127-150., available online at http://www.scielo.org.pe/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1727-99332016000200006 [details]
additional source Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M.; Collins, T. M.; Glover, E. A.; González, V. L.; Graf, D. L.; Harper, E. M.; Healy, J.; Kawauchi, G. Y.; Sharma, P. P.; Staubach, S.; Strong, E. E.; Taylor, J. D.; Tëmkin, I.; Zardus, J. D.; Clark, S.; Guzmán, A.; McIntyre, E.; Sharp, P.; Giribet, G. (2014). Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life – an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 28(1): 32-115., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=IS13010 [details]
additional source Campbell, M.R., Steiner, G., Campbell, L.D & Dreyer, H. (2004). Recent Chamidae (Bivalvia) from the western Atlantic Ocean. <em>Malacologia.</em> 46: 381–415., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28112961 [details]
additional source Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M.; Collins, T. M.; Glover, E. A.; González, V. L.; Graf, D. L.; Harper, E. M.; Healy, J.; Kawauchi, G. Y.; Sharma, P. P.; Staubach, S.; Strong, E. E.; Taylor, J. D.; Tëmkin, I.; Zardus, J. D.; Clark, S.; Guzmán, A.; McIntyre, E.; Sharp, P.; Giribet, G. (2014). Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life – an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 28(1): 32-115., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=IS13010 [details]
additional source Campbell, M.R., Steiner, G., Campbell, L.D & Dreyer, H. (2004). Recent Chamidae (Bivalvia) from the western Atlantic Ocean. <em>Malacologia.</em> 46: 381–415., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28112961 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
