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

Genera and species [link]

Genera and species in the family Chamidae:

• 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 [link]

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