Pseudochama

Pseudochama is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae.

Pseudochama Temporal range: Eocene – Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil valve of Pseudochama gryphina from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Chamoidea
Family:	Chamidae
Genus:	Pseudochama Odhner, 1917
Species
See text.

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.^[1]

Species

Species within this genus include:^[2]

• Pseudochama cristella (Lamarck, 1819)
• Pseudochama exogyra (Conrad, 1837) – Pacific jewelbox
• Pseudochama granti Strong, 1934 – deep jewelbox
• Pseudochama gryphina (Lamarck, 1819) ^[3]
• Pseudochama inezae Bayer, 1943 – alabaster jewelbox
• Pseudochama radians (Lamarck, 1819) – Atlantic jewelbox (accepted as Pseudochama cristella Lamarck, 1819)^[4]

Synonyms:

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