Pseudochama is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae.

Fossil records

The genus is known from the Eocene to the Recent periods (age range: from 40.4 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils shells have been found all over the world.

Species

Species within this genus include:

  • Pseudochama cristella (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Pseudochama exogyra (Conrad, 1837) – Pacific jewelbox
  • Pseudochama granti Strong, 1934 – deep jewelbox
  • Pseudochama gryphina (Lamarck, 1819)
  • Pseudochama inezae Bayer, 1943 – alabaster jewelbox
  • Pseudochama radians (Lamarck, 1819) – Atlantic jewelbox (accepted as Pseudochama cristella Lamarck, 1819)

Synonyms:

  • Chama cornuta Dillwyn, 1817 and Chama gryphina Lamarck, 1819 have been accepted as Pseudochama gryphina.