OCEAN-UKRAINE - Chamelea Mörch, 1853

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Chamelea Mörch, 1853

Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Specimen from La Goulette, Tunisia (soft bottoms 3-4 m, 29.09.2009), actual size 16.2 mm.

AphiaID

138633 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138633)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Venerinae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Chamelea Mörch, 1853

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Species Chamelea gallina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 2: 23 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chamelea Mörch, 1853. Accessed through: Sergeyeva, O. (2025) Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema at: https://www.vliz.be/projects/Ocean-Ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138633 on 2026-07-20

Regional species database citation

Sergeyeva, O. (2026). Black Sea checklist for Ocean-Ukraine & Sibema. Chamelea Mörch, 1853. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/projects/ocean-ukraine/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138633 on 2026-07-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2013-07-31 10:54:40Z

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Sartori, André F.

2022-01-09 19:51:35Z

changed

Dekker, Henk

2024-02-23 08:55:58Z

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Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, Regis Daniae Cubiculariorum Princeps, Ordinis Dannebrogici in Prima Classe & Ordinis Caroli Tertii Eques. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/12921
page(s): 2: 23 [details]

basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Nevesskaja, L.A.; Goncharova, I.A.; Paramonova, N.P.; Popov, S.V.; Babak, E.V.; Bagdasarjan, K.G.; Voronina, A.A. (1993). Opredelitel' miotsenovykh dvustvorchatykh mollyuskov yugo-zapadnoy Yevrazii. Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta, 247: 1-412, available online at http://www.geokniga.org/books/14254
page(s): 180 [details]