Chamidae

Chamidae
Chamidae
Chama sp., external view of left valve.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Chamidae
Lamarck, 1809
Genera

See text.

Chamidae (or jewel boxes) is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Veneroida.[1]

Genera and species

  • 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

  1. ^ 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.


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