Chamidae
Chamidae, common name the jewel boxes or jewel box clams, is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, the marine bivalve mollusks in the order Venerida.[1]
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| Chama sp., drawing of external view of left valve | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Chamoidea |
| Family: | Chamidae Lamarck, 1809 |
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Genera and species
Genera and species in the family Chamidae:
- Arcinella Schumacher, 1817
- Arcinella arcinella (Linnaeus, 1767) – spiny jewelbox
- Arcinella cornuta Conrad, 1866 – Florida spiny jewelbox
- Chama Linnaeus, 1758
- Chama arcana Bernard, 1976 – secret jewelbox
- Chama congregata Conrad, 1833 – corrugate jewelbox
- Chama echinata Broderip, 1835
- Chama florida Lamarck, 1819 – pretty jewelbox
- Chama frondosa Broderip, 1835
- Chama hicksi Valentich-Scott & Coan, 2010
- Chama lactuca Dall, 1886 – milky jewelbox
- Chama macerophylla Gmelin, 1791 – leafy jewelbox
- Chama pellucida Broderip, 1835
- Chama sarda Reeve, 1847 – cherry jewelbox
- Chama sinuosa Broderip, 1835 – smooth-edge jewelbox
- Chama sordida Broderip, 1835
- Chama venosa Reeve, 1837
- Pseudochama Odhner, 1917
- Pseudochama exogyra (Conrad, 1837) – Pacific jewelbox
- Pseudochama granti Strong, 1934 – deep jewelbox
- Pseudochama inezae Bayer, 1943 – alabaster jewelbox
- Pseudochama radians (Lamarck, 1819) – Atlantic jewelbox
References
- Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 53.
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