Chamidae
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| Chamidae Temporal range: Early Cretaceous–recent,
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| Chama lazarus | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
[edit | edit source]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
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