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Chama  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 81650

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 1999   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumSpiralia   
             PhylumMollusca  – mollusques, molusco, molluscs, mollusks  
                ClassBivalvia Linnaeus, 1758 – bivalves, clams, bivalves, palourdes, bivalve, mexilhão, ostra  
                   SubclassAutobranchia   
                      InfraclassHeteroconchia   
                         OrderVenerida   
                            SuperfamilyChamoidea Lamarck, 1809  
                               FamilyChamidae Lamarck, 1809  
                                  GenusChama Linnaeus, 1758  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesChama arcana Bernard, 1976 – secret jewelbox 
                                     SpeciesChama congregata Conrad, 1833 – corrugate jewelbox 
                                     SpeciesChama echinata Broderip, 1835  
                                     SpeciesChama florida Lamarck, 1819 – pretty jewelbox 
                                     SpeciesChama frondosa Broderip, 1835  
                                     SpeciesChama lactuca Dall, 1886 – milky jewelbox 
                                     SpeciesChama macerophylla Gmelin, 1791 – leafy jewelbox 
                                     SpeciesChama pellucida Broderip, 1835  
                                     SpeciesChama sarda Reeve, 1847 – cherry jewelbox 
                                     SpeciesChama sinuosa Broderip, 1835 – smooth-edge jewelbox 
                                     SpeciesChama sordida Broderip, 1835  
                                     SpeciesChama venosa Reeve, 1837  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Chama   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26   
  Page(s): 526   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-01-8, 0097-0638  
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