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Chamidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Chamidae

Rank
  
Family

Class
  
Bivalvia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Order
  
Veneroida

Chamidae HomeNATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ROTTERDAM Mollusca Bivalvia

Similar
  
Carditidae, Corbulidae, Tellinidae, Pseudochama, Psammobiidae

Chamidae, common name the jewel boxes or jewel box clams, is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, the marine bivalve mollusks in the order Veneroida.

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Genera and species

Genera and species in the family Chamidae:

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  • 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

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    References

    Chamidae Wikipedia
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