Chamidae Lamarck 1809

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

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