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]

Chamidae
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
Genera

See text.

Genera and species

Genera and species in the family Chamidae:

  • Arcinella Schumacher, 1817
  • 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

  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. 53.


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