Chamidae

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Chamidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Bivalvia Order: Veneroida Family: Chamidae Lamarck, 1809
Genera
See text.

Sportellidae (or jewel boxes) is a family of marine bivalve clams of the order Veneroida.

[edit] Genera and species

• 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 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