''Chama'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of cemented saltwater clams,

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bivalve Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, biv ...

molluscs in the

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Chamidae Chamidae, common name the jewel boxes or jewel box clams, is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, a group of marine bivalve mollusks in the order Venerida.Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. ''A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the ...

, the jewel boxes.

Species

Extant species within this genus include:WoRMS
/ref> * '' Chama ambigua'' Lischke, 1870 * '' Chama arcana'' F. R. Bernard, 1987 * '' Chama asperella'' Lamarck, 1819 * '' Chama brassica'' Reeve, 1847 * '' Chama buddiana'' C.B. Adams, 1852 * '' Chama cerinorhodon'' Hamada & Matsukuma, 2005 * '' Chama cerion'' Matsukuma, Paulay & Hamada, 2003 * '' Chama circinata'' di Monterosato, 1878 * '' Chama congregata'' Conrad, 1833 * '' Chama coralloides'' Reeve, 1846 * '' Chama crenulata'' Lamarck, 1819 * '' Chama croceata'' Lamarck, 1819 * '' Chama dunkeri'' Lischke, 1870 * '' Chama echinata'' Broderip, 1835 * '' Chama florida'' Lamarck, 1819 * '' Chama frondosa'' Broderip, 1835 * '' Chama gryphoides''

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoological ...

* '' Chama hicksi'' Valentich-Scott & Coan, 2010 * '' Chama isaacooki'' Healy, Lamprell & Stanisic, 1993 * ''

Chama lactuca Chama may refer to: Chama: (14) Places *Chama, Colorado, USA, an unincorporated town * Chama, New Mexico, USA, a village *Chama, Zambia, a small town and district *Chama District, a district *Chama River (Venezuela), aka ''Río Chama'', a river in ...

'' Dall, 1886 * ''

Chama lazarus ''Chama lazarus'', common name the Lazarus jewel box, is a species of cemented saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as ...

* '' Chama limbula'' Lamarck, 1819 * '' Chama linguafelis'' Reeve, 1847 * '' Chama lobata'' Broderip, 1835 * '' Chama macerophylla'' Gmelin, 1791 * '' Chama oomedusae'' Matsukuma, 1996 * '' Chama pacifica'' Broderip, 1835 * ''

Chama pellucida Chama may refer to: Chama: (14) Places *Chama, Colorado, USA, an unincorporated town * Chama, New Mexico, USA, a village *Chama, Zambia, a small town and district *Chama District, a district *Chama River (Venezuela), aka ''Río Chama'', a river in ...

'' Broderip, 1835 * ''

Chama producta Chama may refer to: Chama: (14) Places * Chama, Colorado, USA, an unincorporated town * Chama, New Mexico, USA, a village * Chama, Zambia, a small town and district * Chama District, a district * Chama River (Venezuela), aka ''Río Chama'', a rive ...

'' Broderip, 1835 * ''

Chama pulchella Chama may refer to: Chama: (14) Places *Chama, Colorado, USA, an unincorporated town * Chama, New Mexico, USA, a village *Chama, Zambia, a small town and district *Chama District, a district *Chama River (Venezuela), aka ''Río Chama'', a river in ...

'' Reeve, 1846 * ''

Chama rubropicta Chama may refer to: Chama: (14) Places *Chama, Colorado, USA, an unincorporated town * Chama, New Mexico, USA, a village *Chama, Zambia, a small town and district *Chama District, a district *Chama River (Venezuela), aka ''Río Chama'', a river in ...

'' Bartsch & Rehder, 1939 * '' Chama ruderalis'' Lamarck, 1819 * '' Chama sarda'' Reeve, 1847 * '' Chama sinuosa'' Broderip, 1835 * '' Chama sordida'' Broderip, 1835 * '' Chama tinctoria'' F. R. Bernard, 1976 * '' Chama venosa'' Reeve, 1847 * '' Chama yaroni'' Delsaerdt, 1986

Extinct species

Extinct species within this genus include:Fossilworks
/ref> * ''Chama asperella''† Lamarck, 1819 * ''Chama aspersa''† Reeve, 1846 * ''Chama berjadinensis''† Hodson, 1927 * ''Chama bezanconi ''† Cossmann, 1887 * ''Chama brassica''† Reeve, 1847 * ''Chama calcarata''† Lamarck, 1806 * ''Chama callipona''† Maury, 1924 * ''Chama chipolana''† Dall, 1903 * ''Chama corticosaformis''† Weisbord, 1929 * ''Chama eudeila''† Maury, 1924 * ''Chama fimbriata''† Defrance, 1817 * ''Chama fragum''† Reeve, 1847 * ''Chama huttoni''† Hector, 1886 * ''Chama involuta''† Guppy, 1873 * ''Chama lamellifera''† Tenison Woods, 1877 * ''Chama monroensis''† Aldrich, 1903 * ''Chama nejdensis''† Abbass, 1972 * ''Chama pacifica''† Broderip, 1834 * ''Chama pittensis''† Marwick, 1928 * ''Chama radiata''† Dockery, 1977 * ''Chama reflexa''† Reeve, 1846 * ''Chama ruderalis''† Lamarck, 1819 * ''Chama scheibei''† Anderson, 1929 * ''Chama strepta''† Woodring, 1982 Chamidae - Chama gryphoides

This genus is known in the fossil record from the

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...

period to the Quaternary period (age range 130.0 to 0.0 million years ago.). Fossil shells within this genus have been found all over the world.

References

Chamidae Bivalve genera {{bivalve-stub