Chamidae

Chamidae, common name the jewel boxes or jewel box clams, is a family of marine bivalve mollusks in the order Venerida.^[2][3]

Chamidae Temporal range: Early Cretaceous–recent, 130–0 Ma[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Chama lazarus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Chamoidea Lamarck, 1809
Family:	Chamidae Lamarck, 1809
Genera
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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