Pseudochama is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae.
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.Fossilworks
Species Species within this genus include:Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 53. Pseudochama cristella (Lamarck, 1819) Pseudochama exogyra (Conrad, 1837) – Pacific jewelbox Pseudochama granti Strong, 1934 – deep jewelbox Pseudochama gryphina (Lamarck, 1819) WoRMS Pseudochama inezae Bayer, 1943 – alabaster jewelbox Pseudochama radians (Lamarck, 1819) – Atlantic jewelbox (accepted as Pseudochama cristella Lamarck, 1819)P. cristella at WoRMS
Synonyms:
Chama cornuta Dillwyn, 1817 and Chama gryphina Lamarck, 1819 have been accepted as Pseudochama gryphina.
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