Galapagos Species Database

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Chama squamuligera Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932, Chama garthi Bernard, 1976, Chama squamuligera Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 (Horton et al., 2021); Type locality: Puerto Portrero (02°11’S), Bahía de Guayaquil, Ecuador (Cardoso et al., 2016)

Origin: Native

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Baja California, Golfo de California, México, Perú; Islas Galápagos, Islas Revillagigedo e Isla del Coco (Cardoso et al., 2016).

• Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
• Cardoso, F. Paredes, C., Mogollón, V. and Palacios, E. (2016) The Chamidae family (Bivalvia: Venerida) in Peru, with the addition of five new records Revista peruana de biología 23(1): 013 - 016 (Abril 2016). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v23i1.11829