Chama macerophylla

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Family Chamidae

Anterior and posterior adductor muscles separate, their scars distinct on both valves

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -3,815 meters (0 to -12,516 feet).[1]

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Gmelin, J.F. in Linnaeus, C. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 13th Edn Lyon : J.B. Delamolliere Tom . 1 pars 6, pp. 3021–3910., 1791.

Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001

Similar Species

Members of the genus Chama

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 7 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. arcana (Secret Jewelbox) · C. congregata (Corrugate Jewelbox) · C. florida (Pretty Jewelbox) · C. lactuca (Milky Jewelbox) · C. macerophylla (Leafy Jewelbox) · C. sarda (Cherry Jewelbox) · C. sinuosa (Smooth-Edge Jewelbox)

More Info

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Further Reading

• ... The grapsoid crabs of America, by Mary J. Rathbun. .. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1918. url p. 66.
• A catalog of recent Mollusca from all parts of the world. St. Petersburg, Fa: W.F. Webb, 19--. url p. 31, p. 35.
• A catalogue of the marine, land and freshwater shells preserved in the Museum at Chesters. London, Gilbert & Rivington, Limited, 1902. url p. 39.
• A naturalist in the Bahamas, John I. Northrop, October 12, 1861-June 25, 1891; a memorial volume / edited with a biographical introd. New YorkColumbia University Press1910 url p. 100.
• A naturalist in the Bahamas: John I. Northrop, October 12 1861 - June 25, 1891; a memorial volume, ed., with a biographical introduction by Henry Fairfield Osborn. New York, The Columbia university press[c1910] url p. 100.
• A naturalist in the Bahamas: New York, Columbia University Press[c1910] url .
• American seashells. With illus. by Frederick M. Bayer. New York, Van Nostrand[1954] url .
• Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Madrid: La Sociedad, url p. 478.
• Breviora. 1971 Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, [1952- url figure 4b (diagram), page 13, p. 3, p. 6, p. 6, p. 9.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 66.
• Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. 1978 New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, url appendix a , p. 80.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 112 1954 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 292, p. 293.
• Bulletins of American paleontology. 45 1964 Ithaca, N.Y., Paleontological Research Institution [etc.] url p. 13, p. 16, p. 20, p. 21, p. 238, p. 239, p. 240, p. 26, p. 362, expl. of plate 33, page 522, p. 55, p. 58.
• Catalogue of West-India shells in the collection of Dr. C.M. Poulsen. Copenhagen: Printed by B. Luno, 1878. url p. 15.
• Contributions to the Tertiary fauna of Florida, with especial reference to the Miocene silex-beds of Tampa and the Pliocene beds of the Calooshatchie River. Philadelphia, 1890-1903 url p. 1397, p. 1403.
• Contributions to the natural history of the Bermudas. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1884. url p. 31.
• East coast marine shells: descriptions of shore mollusks together with many living below tide mark, from Maine to Texas inclusive, especially Florida, with more than one thousand drawings and photographs / by Maxwell Smith. Ann Arbor, Mich.: Edwards Brothers, 1951, [c1937] url p. 178, p. 44.
• East coast marine shells; descriptions of shore mollusks together with many living below tide mark, from Maine to Texas inclusive, especially Florida. Ann Arbor, Mich., Edwards Brothers, Inc.[c1937] url p. 178, p. 44.
• Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. Chapel Hill, N.C. [etc.]Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society [etc.] url p. 133, p. 133.
• List of marine Mollusca comprising the Quaternary fossils and recent forms from American localities between Cape Hatteras and Cape Roque, including the Bermudas / by William Healey Dall. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1885. url p. 68.
• Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 576, p. 672.
• Shell album / text, diagrams and photography by Helen S. O'Brien. Fort Myers, FL: O'Brien Color Studio, 1953. url p. 22.
• Special scientific report. Seattle, National Marine Fisheries Service; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1949-1971. url p. 35.
• Texas conchologist. [Houston, Houston Conchology Society], 1964- url , , p. 28, p. 38, p. 50, p. 56, p. 64.
• The Bahama Islands / edited by George Burbank Shattuck. [Baltimore]: Johns Hopkins Press; 1905. url p. 26, p. 44, p. 44.
• The Bahama Islands, London, The Macmillan company, 1905. url p. 44.
• The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 111, p. 117, p. 119, p. 123, p. 41, p. 59, p. 75, p. 83.
• The archaeological use and distribution of Mollusca in the Maya lowlands New Orleans, 1969. url p. 28, p. 39, p. 58, p. 96.
• The genera of recent Mollusca: arranged according to their organization. By Henry Adams...and Arthur Adams. LondonJ. Van Voorst, 1858. url p. 463.
• Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 15 1969 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 233.
• Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia. Philadelphia: Wagner Free Institute of Science of Philadelphia, 1887-1927. url p. 1397, p. 1403.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NBI
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: The SERTC Invertebrate Database: Invertebrates of the southeastern United States
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Costa Rica): Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2693786
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-81651
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13816176
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 81651
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 512838

Footnotes

1. Mean = -79.750 meters (-261.647 feet), Standard Deviation = 623.490 based on 89 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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