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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Chamidae : Chama : Chama pellucida |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Chamidae : Chama : Chama pellucida |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Chama |
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| Scientific Name | Chama pellucida Broderip, 1835 |
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| Name Published In | Broderip W.J. (1835). Description of some species of Chama. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 2: 148-151. |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Chama pellucida | species | belongs to Chama | stated without evidence | Broderip, 1835 | | Chama pellucida | species | belongs to Chama | implied | Addicott, 1959 | | Chama pellucida | species | belongs to Chama | stated with evidence | Coan et al., 2000 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene |
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| Motility | stationary, attached, epibiont (based on Chama) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Chama) |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. O. Addicott. 1959. Late Pleistocene Invertebrates from Punta Cabras, Baja California, Mexico. American Museum Novitates 1925:1-33 |
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| Addicott W. O. (1959) Late Pleistocene Invertebrates from Punta Cabras, Baja California, Mexico, American Museum Novitates 1925, 1-33 |
| Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764 |
| Broderip, W. J. (1835) Description of some species of Chama. Proceedings of the Zoological: Society of London |
| Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| 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. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Broderip W.J. (1835). Description of some species of Chama. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 2: 148-151. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Chama pellucida
