Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Venerida > Superfamily Chamoidea > Family Chamidae

Pseudochama Odhner, 1917

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Pseudochama corbierei (Jonas, 1846)
Pseudochama cristella (Lamarck, 1819)
Pseudochama gryphina (Lamarck, 1819)
Pseudochama radians (Lamarck, 1819)

Literature

original description	Odhner, N. H. (1917). Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1912. Mollusca. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar. 52(16): 1-115, 3 pls.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Campbell, M.R., Steiner, G., Campbell, L.D & Dreyer, H. (2004). Recent Chamidae (Bivalvia) from the western Atlantic Ocean. Malacologia. 46: 381–415.
additional source	Odhner, H. J. (1955). Some notes on Pseudochama. The Nautilus. 69(1): 1-6, pl. 1.
redescription	Odhner N.J. 1919. Studies on the morphology, the taxonomy and the relations of Recent Chamidae. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, 59(3): 1-102, pls. 1-8.
status source	Healy, J. M.; Lamprell, K. L.; Stanisic, J. (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.
subsequent type designation	Gardner, J. A. (1926). The molluscan fauna of the Alum Bluff group of Florida. Part II. Astartacea, Carditacea, Chamacea. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper. 142B: i-iv, 81-95, pl. 16-17.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pseudochama Odhner, 1917. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137776