MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Pseudochama cristella (Lamarck, 1819)

WoRMS taxon details

Pseudochama cristella (Lamarck, 1819)

AphiaID

504796 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:504796)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pseudochama Odhner, 1917

Original name

Chama cristella Lamarck, 1819

Synonymised names

Chama appressa Reeve, 1847 · unaccepted

Chama cristella Lamarck, 1819 · unaccepted

Chama ferruginea Reeve, 1846 · unaccepted

Chama rotunda Clessin, 1889 · unaccepted

Chama variegata Reeve, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Pseudochama radians variegata (Reeve, 1847) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Environment

marine

Original description

(of Chama cristella Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 96 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pseudochama cristella (Lamarck, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504796 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-08-18 08:38:17Z

created

Tran, Bastien

2010-09-15 11:43:10Z

checked

Huber, Markus

2012-07-05 23:43:01Z

changed

Rosenberg, Gary

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description (of Chama appressa Reeve, 1847) Reeve, L. A. (1847). Descriptions of new species of Chama. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1846) 14: 117-120., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862767 [details]

original description (of Chama cristella Lamarck, 1819) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 1re partie, vi + 343 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47441
page(s): 96 [details]

original description (of Chama ferruginea Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1846-1847). Monograph of the genus Chama. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 4, pl. 1-9 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls. 1-5, Dec. 1846; 6-9, Jan. 1847]. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27375543 [details]

original description (of Chama rotunda Clessin, 1889) Küster, H. C.; Clessin, S. (1862-1889). Die Familie der Chamiden. In Abbildungen nach der Natur mit Beschreibungen. In: Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz, Neue Folgen. 8(5): pl. 1-2 (1862, Küster); pp. 1-16, pl. 3-10 (1888, Clessin); pp. 17-56, pl. 11-20 (1889, Clessin)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34259409
page(s): 48, pl. 19, figs 1-3 [details]

original description (of Chama variegata Reeve, 1847) Reeve, L. A. (1847). Descriptions of new species of Chama. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1846) 14: 117-120., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862767 [details]

basis of record 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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Identification resource

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 812-813 [details]

Other

additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 174. [details]

additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 220 [details]