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Chamidae
Sign in to saveChamidae, common name the jewel boxes or jewel box clams, is a family of marine bivalve mollusks in the order Venerida.
Species
jewel boxes
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderVenerida
- FamilyChamidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded38,205
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,408
- With media
- 51
- Family
- Chamidae
- Collections
- LACM, PRI, SDNHM, UF, UCMP, SDSM
- Recorded in
- United States, Venezuela
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- Chamidae - Arcinella arcinella.JPG
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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.
==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
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