Chamidae Temporal range:
Early Cretaceous–recent,
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Chama lazarus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: |
Chamoidea Lamarck, 1809 |
Family: |
Chamidae Lamarck, 1809 |
Genera | |
See text |
Chamidae, common name the jewel boxes or jewel box clams, is a family of marine bivalve mollusks in the order Venerida. [2] [3]
There are six genera the family Chamidae: [2]