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Chamelea

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Description

Chamelea is a genus of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamelea, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2287704	https://www.gbif.org/species/2287704
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17460	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17460

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Chamelea

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Veneridae : Chamelea

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Veneroidei
-	Veneroitei	Gray 1854
superfamily	Veneroidea
family	Veneridae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Chamelea	Mörch 1853

Scientific Name

Chamelea Mörch, 1853

Name Published In

Mörch O.A.L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi [...]. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Chamelea	subgenus	belongs to Dione	stated with evidence	Conrad, 1863
Chamelea	subgenus	belongs to Chione	stated with evidence	Dall, 1903
Chamelea	subgenus	belongs to Chione	stated without evidence	Mansfield, 1940
Chamelea	subgenus	belongs to Chione	stated with evidence	Gardner, 1943
Chamelea	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Marasti, 1973
Chamelea	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Chamelea	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated without evidence	Vera-Peláez et al., 2004
Chamelea	genus	belongs to Veneridae	stated with evidence	Schneider et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Veneridae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Veneridae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Veneridae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamelea

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Chamelea gallina species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Chamelea striatula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chione (Chamelea) catunna ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Chione (Chamelea) spada species	listed (PBDB)		4	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Chione spada species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Chamelaea Roemer, 1860	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Chamelaea*
Chamalea (Mörch, 1853)	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Chamalea*
Hermione Leach, 1852	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Hermione*
Ortygia T.Brown, 1827	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : *Ortygia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1853	Chamelea Mörch
1863	Dione (Chamelea) Conrad p. 1292
1903	Chione (Chamelea) Dall
1940	Chione (Chamelea) Mansfield p. 199
1943	Chione (Chamelea) Gardner p. 129
1973	Chamelea Marasti p. 111
2002	Chamelea Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Chamalea Vera-Peláez et al. p. 255
2005	Chamelea Schneider et al. p. 102

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Mansfield W. C. (1940) Mollusks of the Chickasawhay Marl, Journal of Paleontology 14 3, 171-226

Gardner J. A. (1943) Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199 A

Marasti R. (1973) La fauna tortoniana del T. Stirone (limite Parmense-Piacentino), Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 12 1, 76-120

Vera-Peláez J. L., Lozano-Francisco M. C., et al (2004) Molluscos del Tirreniense (Pleistoceno Superior) de la Playa la Araña-Cala de Moral (Málaga), Revista Española de Paleontología 19 2, 251-259

Schneider S., Witt W., et al (2005) Ostracods and bivalves from an Upper Pleistocene (Tyrrhenian) marine terrace near Altinova (Izmit Province, Turkey), Zitteliana 45, 87-114

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. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species

WoRMS (2016) Accessed through World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/ - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Karlsson, Anna (2004) Mollusker - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Le Renard, J. (2016) CLEMAM: Check List of European Marine Mollusca. Online: http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam.html - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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