Chamidae
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| Chamidae Temporal range: Early Cretaceous–recent,
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| Chama lazarus | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Chamoidea Lamarck, 1809 |
| Family: | Chamidae Lamarck, 1809 |
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Chamidae, common name the jewel boxes or jewel box clams, is a family of marine bivalve mollusks in the order Venerida.[2][3]
Genera and species
There are six genera the family Chamidae:[2]
- Amphichama Kuroda & Habe, 1961
- Arcinella Schumacher, 1817
- Carditochama Matsukuma, 1996
- Chama Linnaeus, 1758
- Eopseuma Odhner, 1919
- Pseudochama Odhner, 1917
References
- ↑ "Superfamily Chamoidea Blainville 1825". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2023). "Chamidae Lamarck, 1809". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ↑ 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.
