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Pseudochama cristella (Lamarck 1819)

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Pseudochama radians (Lamarck, 1819)

Chama radians Lamarck, 1819:96.

?Chama sp., Smith, 1890a:303.—?Packer, 1968:59.

Pseudochama radians Lamarck.—Nordsieck, 1969:96.

PREVIOUS ASCENSION RECORDS.—?Packer (1968).

PRESENT MATERIAL.—1 specimen (76.2 mm) Ascension, K. M. Hutchfield; 1 (8.3 mm) ASC 13, R. B. Manning, May 1971.

DISTRIBUTION.—Tropical western Atlantic, eastern Atlantic islands, St. Helena, Ascension.
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Rosewater, Joseph. 1975. "An annotated list of the marine mollusks of Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-41. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.189

Pseudochama cristella

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Pseudochama cristella, or the left-handed jewel box clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from southern Florida to the West Indies.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 54.
  2. ^ P. cristella at WoRMS
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Pseudochama cristella: Brief Summary

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Pseudochama cristella, or the left-handed jewel box clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from southern Florida to the West Indies.

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