NARMS taxon details
Chama Linnaeus, 1758
137775 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137775)
accepted
Genus
- Species Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819
- Species Chama circinata Monterosato, 1878
- Species Chama gryphoides Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Chama pacifica Broderip, 1835
- Species Chama aculeata Strøm, 1768 accepted as Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Chama aculeata Poli, 1795 accepted as Centrocardita aculeata (Poli, 1795) (original combination)
- Species Chama antiquata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Cardites antiquatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chama appressa Reeve, 1847 accepted as Pseudochama cristella (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Chama aspersa sensu Spry, 1964 accepted as Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819 (unaccepted > misapplication, not Reeve, 1846)
- Species Chama broderipi Reeve, 1846 accepted as Chama pacifica Broderip, 1835 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, of broderipii)
- Species Chama calyculata Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Cardita calyculata (Linnaeus, 1758) (original combination)
- Species Chama cavernosa Risso, 1826 accepted as Chama gryphoides Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Chama cor Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Glossus humanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chama corbieri Jonas, 1846 accepted as Pseudochama corbierei (Jonas, 1846)
- Species Chama cornucopia Reeve, 1846 accepted as Pseudochama corbierei (Jonas, 1846)
- Species Chama cristella Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pseudochama cristella (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Chama ferruginea Reeve, 1846 accepted as Pseudochama cristella (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Chama gryphina Lamarck, 1819 accepted as Pseudochama gryphina (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Chama magna da Costa, 1778 accepted as Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chama muricata Poli, 1795 accepted as Glans trapezia (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Chama nicolloni Dautzenberg, 1892 accepted as Chama circinata Monterosato, 1878
- Species Chama parva da Costa, 1778 accepted as Rocellaria dubia (Pennant, 1777)
- Species Chama pectinata Brocchi, 1814 accepted as Cardites antiquatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Chama reflexa Reeve, 1846 accepted as Chama pacifica Broderip, 1835
- Species Chama rotunda Clessin, 1889 accepted as Pseudochama cristella (Lamarck, 1819)
- Species Chama ruppellii Reeve, 1847 accepted as Pseudochama corbierei (Jonas, 1846) (junior synonym)
- Species Chama trapezia Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Glans trapezia (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Chama variegata Reeve, 1847 accepted as Pseudochama cristella (Lamarck, 1819) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
feminine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chama Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137775 on 2025-05-17
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Chama Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=137775 on 2025-05-17
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original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
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]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Lamy E. 1928. Révision des <i>Chama</i> vivants du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <i>Journal de Conchyliologie</i>, 71: 293-383. [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]
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]
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]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Lamy E. 1928. Révision des <i>Chama</i> vivants du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. <i>Journal de Conchyliologie</i>, 71: 293-383. [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]
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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
