Chama buddiana

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

Overview

Interesting Facts

Description

Family Chamidae

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

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,609 meters (0 to 5,279 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

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

• Annual report - Western Society of Malacologists. Pomona, Calif., Western Society of Malacologists. url p. 16, p. 26.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 436, p. 436.
• Bulletins of American paleontology. 74 1978 Ithaca, N.Y., Paleontological Research Institution [etc.] url p. 57.
• Catalogue of shells collected at Panama, with notes on their synonymy, station, and geographical distribution. By C.B. Adams. .. Read before the Lyceum of Natural History, May 10th, 1852. New York, R. Craighead, printer, 1852. url .
• Checklist of the recent bivalve mollusks (Pelecypoda) of the northwest coast of America from the Polar Sea to San Diego, California. By William Healy Dall... Los Angeles, 1916. url p. 26.
• Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 1 1931 San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931-1989. url p. 280.
• Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific: particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru); Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda / by Axel A. Olsson. Ithaca, N.Y.: Paleontological Research Institution, 1961. url p. 136, p. 224, p. 507.
• Occasional papers on mollusks. Cambridge, Mass.: Dept. of Mollusks, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 1945- url descr. of plate 20 , p. 100, p. 132.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 172, p. 244, p. 514, p. 552.
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 10 1873 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 200.
• The Mollusca and the Brachiopoda. Cambridge, Harvard College, Museum of Comparative Zoology]1908. url p. 436.
• The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 44, p. 47.
• The mollusks of western North America embracing the second report made to the British Association on this subject, with other papers, reprinted by permission, with a general index / by Philip P. Carpenter. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1872. url p. 200.
• Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 8 1935 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 28, p. 329, p. 348, p. 407, p. 460, p. 467, p. 485.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 17, 2007:

• Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
• , Biodiversidad de Costa Rica

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6872955
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16193992
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2010720

Footnotes

1. Mean = 279.500 meters (916.995 feet), Standard Deviation = 651.560 based on 6 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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