Chamidae,

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the jewel boxes or jewel box clams, is a taxonomic

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

of saltwater clams, a group of

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bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class (biology), class of marine and freshwater Mollusca, molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hing ...

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...

s in the

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Venerida Venerida (formerly Veneroida) is an order of mostly saltwater but also some freshwater bivalve molluscs. This order includes many familiar groups such as many clams that are valued for food and a number of freshwater bivalves. Since the 2000s, t ...

.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.

Genera and species

Genera and species in the family Chamidae: *''

Arcinella ''Arcinella'' is a genus of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae.Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. ''A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies.'' New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 55. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBas ...

'' Schumacher, 1817 **''

Arcinella arcinella ''Arcinella arcinella'', or the Caribbean spiny jewel box clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae.Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. ''A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies.'' New York: Houghton Miffl ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1767) – spiny jewelbox **''

Arcinella cornuta ''Arcinella cornuta'', or the Florida spiny jewelbox clam , is a marine species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae. It can be found along the coast of North Carolina to Florida, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Central America, and Venezuela. D ...

'' Conrad, 1866 – Florida spiny jewelbox *'' Chama''

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologi ...

**'' Chama arcana'' Bernard, 1976 – secret jewelbox **''

Chama congregata ''Chama congregata'', or the corrugated jewel box clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies and Bermuda ) , an ...

'' 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 ''Chama sarda'', or the Cherry jewel box clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from southern Florida to the West Indies The West Indies is a subr ...

'' Reeve, 1847 – cherry jewelbox **''

Chama sinuosa ''Chama sinuosa'', common name the Smooth-edged jewel box, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae, the jewel boxes. This species is found along the Atlantic coast of North America, from southern Florida to the West Indies ...

'' Broderip, 1835 – smooth-edge jewelbox **'' Chama sordida'' Broderip, 1835 **'' Chama venosa'' Reeve, 1837 *''

Pseudochama ''Pseudochama'' is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae. Fossil records The genus is known from the Eocene to the Recent periods (age range: from 40.4 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils shells have been found all over the world. ...

'' Odhner, 1917 **''

Pseudochama exogyra ''Pseudochama'' is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae. Fossil records The genus is known from the Eocene to the Recent periods (age range: from 40.4 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils shells have been found all over the world. ...

'' (Conrad, 1837) – Pacific jewelbox **''

Pseudochama granti ''Pseudochama'' is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae. Fossil records The genus is known from the Eocene to the Recent periods (age range: from 40.4 to 0.0 million years ago). Fossils shells have been found all over the world. ...

'' Strong, 1934 – deep jewelbox **''

Pseudochama inezae ''Pseudochama'' is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae. Fossil records The genus is known from the Eocene to the Recent The Holocene ( ) is the current geological epoch. It began approximately 11,650 cal years Before Prese ...

'' Bayer, 1943 – alabaster jewelbox **''

Pseudochama radians ''Pseudochama cristella'', or the left-handed jewel box clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from southern Florida to the West Indies The West In ...

'' (Lamarck, 1819) – Atlantic jewelbox

References

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