Chamidae Explained

Chamidae, common name the jewel boxes or jewel box clams, is a family of marine bivalve mollusks in the order Venerida.^[1]

Genera and species

There are six genera the family Chamidae:

• Amphichama Kuroda & Habe, 1961
• Arcinella Schumacher, 1817
• Carditochama Matsukuma, 1996
• Chama Linnaeus, 1758
• Eopseuma Odhner, 1919
• Pseudochama Odhner, 1917

Notes and References

1. 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.