Chamidae
| Chamidae | |
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| Chama sp., drawing of external view of left valve | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Family: | Chamidae Lamarck, 1809 |
| Genera | |
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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.[1]
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: Altantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 53.