Species Chama croceata Lamarck, 1819

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	CHAMOIDEA	01-Oct-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
		19-Apr-2011	MODIFIED