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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Bivalvia
Subclassis: Heterodonta
Ordo: Veneroida
Superfamilia: Chamoidea
Familia: Chamidae
Genera: Arcinella - Chama – Pseudochama
Name

Chamidae Lamarck, 1809
References

Chamidae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

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

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

"Superfamily Chamoidea Blainville 1825". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2023). "Chamidae Lamarck, 1809". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 53.

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