General References

Bieler, R., Carter, J.G. & Coan, E.V. 2010. Classiication of Bivalve Families. pp. 113-133 in Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. Nomenclator of Bivalve Families; with a classiication of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184 [128]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [238]

Mikkelsen, P.M. & Bieler, R. 2008. Seashells of southern Florida. Living marine mollusks of the Florida keys and adjacent regions. Princeton & Oxford : Princeton University Press 503 pp. [8, 21, 250-257]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N518]

History of changes

• Chama Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [691].

  Type species:

   Chama lazarus Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation.
• Maceris Modeer, 1793 [Kongliga Vetenskaps Akademiens nya Handlingar 14: 174; junior objective synonym of Chama].
• Psilopoderma Poli, 1795 [Testacea utriusque Siciliae..., 2: 253, 258; Psilopododerma (Agassiz, 1847, Nomenclator Zoologicus. Index universalis: 313) was suggested to be a more correct spelling, but was not used as valid, and is not an available name. See also Psilopus].
• Lacinea Sowerby II, 1842 ["Humphrey" ms; in syn. (Moore); G.B. Sowerby II (1842, A conchological manual, ed. 2: 168) has an entry for "Lacinea Humphrey". Not available under Art. 11.5.2: listed in a dictionary as equal to Chama "Lamarck" [Chama Linnaeus, 1758], but not used as the valid name of a taxon.].
• Gryphus Gray, 1847 ["Humphrey" ms; Neave, Nomenclator Zoologicus, has an entry for "Gryphus" Gray [ex Humphreys MS] 1847, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 15: 193. However, Gray merely cited "Gryphus Humph. MSS. 1797" in the synonymy of Chama. It is not an available name].
• Macerophylla Mörch, 1853 [subsequent misspelling; Macrophyllum (Gray, 1847, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 15: 193), Macerophyllum (Mörch, 1853, Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D.A. d'Aguirra et Gadea, Comes de Yoldi, 2: 36), and Macerovillia (Paetel, 1875, Die bisher veröffentlichen Familien- und Gattungsnamen der Mollusken: 118), all cited in synonymy, are incorrect subsequent spellings].
• Hellia Schafhäutl, 1863 [Süd-Bayerns Lethaea geognostica: 160].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide; warmer seas of Indo- and East-Pacific; Red Sea to Easter Island Group

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [18]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [238]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N518]

History of changes

• Chama asperella Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [95].
• Chama spinosa Broderip, W.J. 1835. On the genus Chama Brug. with descriptions of some species apparently not hitherto characterized. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 1: 301-306, pls 38-39 [306, pl. 38, fig. 8-9].
• Chama fibula Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Chama. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [pl. 5, fig. 27].
• Chama obliquata Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Chama. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [Pl. 5 sp.28].
• Chama planata Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Chama. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [Pl. 5 sp.25].
• Chama exigua Reeve, L.A. 1847. Monograph of the genus Chama. pls 6-9 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [Pl.9 sp.47].
• Chama jukesii Reeve, L.A. 1847. Monograph of the genus Chama. pls 6-9 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [pl. 7, fig. 39].
• Chama pellis-phocae Reeve, L.A. 1847. Monograph of the genus Chama. pls 6-9 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [pl. 9 sp.54] [original reference seen].
• Chama hendersoni Dall, W.H., Bartsch, P. & Rehder, H.A. 1938. A manual of the recent and fossil marine Pelecypod mollusks of the Hawaiian Island. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 153: 3-233, pls 1-57 [Date published July 25] [150, pl. 40, fig. 5-8].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [674-675] (on CD)

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Chama aspersa Reeve, 1846 [misidentification]. —
  Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Chama. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [pl. 5, sp. 24]
  Abbott, R.T. 1950. The Molluscan Fauna of the Cocos-Keeling Islands, Indian Ocean. Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 22: 68-98 [96]
  Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [160]
  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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (listed as nomen dubium; according to Huber the Australian record (from Cocos (Keeling) Islands) is a misidentifcation of Chama asperella)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mediterranean; South Africa; Indo-Pacific (Red Sea to Japan, Hawaii)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Cemented, continental shelf, coral reef, coral rubble, intertidal, marine, rocks, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Attached to shell or coral debris; shore rocks and coral reefs, cemented to rocks, corals or shells, also in rock crevices

General References

Bernard, F.R., Cai, Y.Y. & Morton, B. 1993. Catalogue of the Living Marine Bivalve Molluscs of China. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press 121 pp. [65]

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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [281, 674-675; on CD: line 9449]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [54, pl. 25, fig. 155] (as Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819, and 52, pl.24, figs 154a &154b as Chama fibula Reeve, 1846)

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [160]

Nielsen, C. 1976. Checklist of bivalves from PMBC beach and reef flat, Phuket, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 9: 3-7 [5]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [106]

Qiqian, Z. 1984. Studies on the Chamidae (Bivalvia) off the China Coast. Studia Marina Sinica 22: 191-198 [198]

Rosenberg, G. & Huber, M. 2012. Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208488 (Accessed on 2015-03-30)

Satyamurti, S.T. 1956. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. II. Scaphopoda, Pelecypoda, and Cephalopoda. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History ns 1(no. 2, pt 7): 202 pp., 30 pls [88]

Smith, E.A. 1885. Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 13(35): 1-341, 25 pls [172]

Tantanasiriwong, R. 1979. A checklist of marine bivalves from Phuket (area). Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 27: 1-15 [8]

History of changes

• Chama brassica Reeve, L.A. 1847. Monograph of the genus Chama. pls 6-9 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [Pl. 6, sp. 31].
• Chama chinensis Chenu, 1846 [pl.5 fig. 6-6c].

  Secondary source:

   Huber, M. 2010. Chama chinensis Chenu, 1846. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=538664 [Accessed on 2011-10-11].
• Chama praetexta Reeve, L.A. 1847. Monograph of the genus Chama. pls 6-9 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [Pl. 8, sp. 46].
• Chama brassica elatensis Delsaerdt, A 1986. Revision of the Chamidae of the Red Sea. Gloria Maris 25: 73-125 [pls 1-8].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [675-676; on CD]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific (Red Sea to Japan)

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Cemented to rocks and corals, under stones, also uncemented

General References

Dautzenberg, P. 1929. Mollusca II: Mollusca marina testacea. In, Petit, G. (ed). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Françaises 3: 321-636, pls 4-7

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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [281, 675-676; CD: line 9461]

Huber, M. 2015. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts]

Sartori, A.F. & Huber, M. 2016. Chama chinensis Chenu, 1846. In: MolluscaBase (2017). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=538664 (Accessed on 2017-05-31)

History of changes

• Chama croceata Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [96].
• Chama imbricata Broderip, W.J. 1835. On the genus Chama Brug. with descriptions of some species apparently not hitherto characterized. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 1: 301-306, pls 38-39 [junior homonym; not Lamarck, 1801].
• Chama savignyi Lamy, E. 1921. Les chames de la Mer Rouge. (D'après les matériaux recueilles par M. le Dr. Jousseaume.). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 1921: 236-242; 307-311 [238].
• Chama plinthota Cox, L.R. 1927. Neogene and Quaternary Mollusca from the Zanzibar Protectorate. Report on the palaeontology of the Zanzibar Protectorate. pp. 13-102, pls 3-9 [98] [replacement name; for Chama imbricata].
• Chama ratoi Boshoff, P.H. 1965. Pelecypoda of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Memorias do Instituto de Investigaçao cientifica de Moçambique série A 7: 65-206.
• Chama annarosae Selli, R. 1973. Missione geologica dell'Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli (A.G.I.P.) nella Dancalia meridionale e sugli altipiani Hararini (1936-1938). Documentazione Paleontologica, Accademia nazionale dei Lincei 4(2): 155-444, pls 1-30.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Huber, M 2010. Chama croceata Lamarck, 1819. World Register of Marine Species. 2011-08-01. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504778 (see website for synonymy)

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific; Red Sea to Japan

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Cemented, continental shelf, coral reef, marine, rocks, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Sublittoral 1-60 m; coral reefs, cemented to rocks, coral or shells

General References

Huber, M 2010. Chama croceata Lamarck, 1819. World Register of Marine Species. 2011-08-01. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504778 (Accessed on 2015-03-30)

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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [282, 676; CD: line 9478]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [52, pl. 24, fig. 152] (as Chama plinthota)

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [105] (as Chama imbricata)

History of changes

• Chama isaacooki Healy, Lamprell & Stanisic 1993. Description of a new species of Chama from the Gulf of Carpentaria with comments on Pseudochama. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 33(1): 211-216 [211, figs 1-4].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM MO38412, Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD, dredged 58 m [12°07.09'S, 140°48.36'E].
  Paratype(s) QM MO38410, MO38411, Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD [13°07'S, 141°41'E]; AM C171008, Gulf of Carpentaria, QLD [10°07.09'S, 141°48.36'E]; WAM M83.92, Timor Sea, off NT [12°12'S, 129°15'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Found in northern Australia: Arafura Sea, Torres Strait and Gulf of Carpentaria; Philippines (Olango Island); South China Sea; off Sarawak, North Borneo

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, on shelly bottom, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

On Spondylus to 58 m; sublittoral 10-58 m; attached to living Spondylus, Cardita and Crassostrea

General References

Huber, M. 2010. Chama isaacooki Healy, Lamprell & Stanisic, 1993. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504777 (Accessed on 2015-03-30)

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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [283, 677; CD: line 9499]

Lamprell, K. & Healy, J. 1998. Bivalves of Australia. Leiden : Backhuys Publishers Vol. 2 288 pp. [238, fig. 713]

History of changes

• Chama lazarus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [691].
• Chama damaecornis Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [93].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific (Red Sea to Hawaii)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Cemented, continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rocks, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Intertidal - 50m; coral reefs, cemented to rocks and corals, also on shells and wrecks, occasionally uncemented

General References

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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [281, 677-680; CD: line 9502]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [50, pl. 23, fig. 148]

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [160]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [105]

Qiqian, Z. 1984. Studies on the Chamidae (Bivalvia) off the China Coast. Studia Marina Sinica 22: 191-198 [198]

Rosenberg, G. & Huber, M. 2012. Chama lazarus Linnaeus, 1758. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208500 (Accessed on 2015-03-30)

Satyamurti, S.T. 1956. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. II. Scaphopoda, Pelecypoda, and Cephalopoda. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History ns 1(no. 2, pt 7): 202 pp., 30 pls [87]

Tantanasiriwong, R. 1979. A checklist of marine bivalves from Phuket (area). Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 27: 1-15 [8]

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [48] (Leafy Chama)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [54, pl. 55A] (Lazarus Jewel Box)

History of changes

• Chama limbula Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [95].
• Chama aeruginosa Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [95].
• Chama producta Broderip, W.J. 1835. On the genus Chama Brug. with descriptions of some species apparently not hitherto characterized. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 1: 301-306, pls 38-39.
• Chama iostoma Conrad, T.A. 1837. Descriptions of new marine shells, from Upper California. Collected by Thomas Nuttall, Esq. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia series 1 7(2): 227-268 [256].
• Chama nivalis Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Chama. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [pl. 4, fig. 17].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Northern Australia.
• Chama buelowiana Clessin S. 1889. Die Familie der Chamiden. 56 in Kuster, H.C. & Kobelt, W. (eds). Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 8. [34, pl. 15, fig. 2].
• Chama porosa Clessin S. 1889. Die Familie der Chamiden. 56 in Kuster, H.C. & Kobelt, W. (eds). Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 8. [45, pl. 18, fig. 3,4] [original reference seen].
• Chama limbata Paetel, F. 1890. Catalog der Conchylien-Sammlung von Fr. Paetel. Die Land- und Süsswasser-Gastropoden. Berlin : Gebrüder Paetel Vol. Abt. 2 xii, 505 pp. [122].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific (Red Sea to Hawaii)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine, rocks.

Extra Ecological Information

Cemented to substrate; intertidal - 20 (100) m; exposed beaches, attached in tide pools, reef flats and coral reefs, cemented to rocks and corals by right or left valve

General References

Hedley, C. 1916. A preliminary index of the Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1: 152-226 [161]

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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [283, 676; CD: line 9506]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [18]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [52, pl. 24, fig. 151a & 151b]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [105]

Rosenberg, G. & Huber, M. 2012. Chama limbula Lamarck, 1819. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208495 (Accessed on 2015-03-30)

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [307, fig. 2] (Snowball Chama, Violet-mouth Chama)

History of changes

• Chama pacifica Broderip, W.J. 1834. Description of some species of Chama. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 148-151 [149].
• Chama foliacea Quoy, J.M.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1835. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu 954 pp., atlas, 107 pls. [478].
• Chama divaricata Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Chama. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [pl. 4] [original reference seen].
• Chama pacifica broderipii Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Chama. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [pl. 1] [as Chama pacifica var. broderipii Reeve, 1846].
• Chama reflexa Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Chama. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [pl. 4, fig. 16].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Delsaerdt, A 1986. Revision of the Chamidae of the Red Sea. Gloria Maris 25: 73-125 [pls 1-8] (see reference for complete synonymy)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mediterranean; Indo-Pacific (Red Sea to Hawaii)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, exposed coast, intertidal, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Intertidal - 100(150)m; coral reefs, cemented to underside of rocks, on pebbles, ship wrecks and on corals

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [183]

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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [284, 674; on CD: line 9522]

Huber, M. & Gofas, S. 2010. Chama pacifica Broderip, 1835. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139120 (Accessed on 2015-03-30)

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [18]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [52, pl. 24, fig. 153a & 153b]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [106]

Qiqian, Z. 1984. Studies on the Chamidae (Bivalvia) off the China Coast. Studia Marina Sinica 22: 191-198 [198]

Smith, E.A. 1884. Mollusca. pp. 34–116, 487–508, 657–659, pls 4–7. In, Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of the H.M.S. 'Alert ' 1881-2. London : British Museum Trustees, printed by Taylor & Francis. [Part I. Collections of Melanesia, pp. 34–116; Part II. Collections from the Western Indian Ocean, pp. 487–508; explanation of plates pp. 657–659] [102]

Tantanasiriwong, R. 1979. A checklist of marine bivalves from Phuket (area). Phuket Marine Biological Center, Research Bulletin 27: 1-15 [8]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [308] (Large Pacific Chama)

History of changes

• Chama pulchella Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Chama. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [pl. 3, fig. 10].
• Pseudochama similis Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910–1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1–115 pls 1–3 [Date published 19 Sept. 1917] [28].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific (Oceania, Indo-Malaysia)

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Biogenic substrate, continental shelf, intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Intertidal - 22m; coral reefs, cemented to shell debris

General References

Huber, M. 2010. Chama pulchella Reeve, 1846. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504785 (Accessed on 2015-03-30)

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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [284, 677; on CD: line 9545]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [50, pl. 23, fig. 149]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [307, pl. 31, fig. 14] (Leafy Chama)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [54, pl. 55B] (Beautiful Jewel Box)

History of changes

• Chama ruderalis Lamarck, J.B. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(1) 343 pp. [Date published July 1819] [96].
• Chama fimbriata Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Chama. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [pl.8, fig. 41].
• Chama huttoni Hector, J. 1886. Indian and colonial exhibition, London, 1886. New Zealand court. Detailed catalogue and guide to the geological exhibits. Wellington : Government Printer 101 p. [p.50, fig. 7, no. 7].
• Chama pittensis Marwick, J. 1928. The Tertiary Mollusca of the Chatman Islands, including a generic revision of the New Zealand Pectinidae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 58(4): 432-506, figs 1-148 [466, fig. 49, 51].
• Chama ruderalis australis Abrard, R. 1941. Rectifications de nomenclature concernant Ostrea (Alectryonia) frons Parkinson et Chama fimbriata Reeve. Journal de Conchyliologie 84(2): 197-199 [as variety].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Beu, A.G. 2006. Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 2. Biostratigraphically useful and new Pliocene to recent Bivalves. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 36(4): 151-338 [216-221]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Distribtuion in Queensland uncertain

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Intertidal - 200m; cemented by right or left valve to limestones, rocks and other shells

General References

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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [285, 677; on CD: line 9549]

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [52, pl. 24, fig. 150a & 150b]

Marshall, B. & Huber, M. 2015. Chama ruderalis Lamarck, 1819. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504779 (Accessed on 2015-03-30)

History of changes

• Pseudochama Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910–1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1–115 pls 1–3 [Date published 19 Sept. 1917] [28].

  Type species:

   Chama cristella Lamarck, 1819 by subsequent designation, see Gardner, J.A. 1926. The molluscan fauna of the Alum Bluff group of Florida. United States Geological Survey Professional Papers Issue 142(Parts 1-4): 1-710 [142-B: 92].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

History of changes

• Chama subspinosa Chenu, J.C. (ed) 1846. Illustrations Conchyliologiques. Paris : Fortin, Masson et Cie Tome 2. [pl.4 fig. 6].
• Chama cristella Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Chama. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [pl.8, species 42] [junior homonym; not Chama cristella Lamarck, 1819].
• Chama reeveana Clessin S. 1889. Die Familie der Chamiden. 56 in Kuster, H.C. & Kobelt, W. (eds). Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 8. [38, pl.16, fig. 3+4, sp.54] [replacement name; for Chama cristella Reeve, 1846].

Generic Combinations

• Pseudochama subspinosa (Chenu, 1846). —
  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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [678; on CD]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-west Pacific (Indonesia to Thailand including NW Australia)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Subtidal - 22m

General References

Huber, M. 2010. Pseudochama subspinosa (Chenu, 1846). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504793 (Accessed on 2015-03-30)

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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [678; on CD: line 9613]

History of changes

• Chama fragum Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Chama. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4. [117].

  Secondary source:

   Tate, R. & May, W.L. 1901. A revised census of the marine Mollusca of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26(3): 344-471 [451] (recorded as Chama fragum = C. spinosa); 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, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. [675] (reports "The types of Reeve’s aspersa and fragum are lost. … As in both cases type material is missing and as both were differently interpreted by various authors …C.fragum Reeve, 1847 is here formally declared nom. Dub.").

History of changes