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Chama
Chama is a genus of cemented saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Chamidae, the jewel boxes.
41 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Clear Jewel Box
speciesChama arcana
Corrugate Jewelbox
speciesChama congregata
Rough Jewel-box Clam
speciesChama asperella
Chama coralloides
speciesChama coralloides
Chama ruderalis
speciesChama ruderalis
Leafy Jewel Box
speciesChama macerophylla
Chama gryphoides
speciesChama gryphoides
pretty jewel box
speciesChama florida
reflexed jewel box
speciesChama pacifica
Lazarus Jewel Box
speciesChama lazarus
Snowball Chama
speciesChama limbula
Cherry Jewelbox
speciesChama sarda
Beautiful Jewel Box
speciesChama pulchella
Budd's jewel box
speciesChama buddiana
Chama dunkeri
speciesChama dunkeri
Chama japonica
speciesChama japonica
Chama brassica
speciesChama brassica
Chama echinata
speciesChama echinata
smoothed-edged jewel box
speciesChama sinuosa
Chama frondosa
speciesChama frondosa
Chama circinata
speciesChama circinata
Chama pellucida
speciesChama pellucida
Chama ambigua
speciesChama ambigua
Chama venosa
speciesChama venosa
Savigny's Jewel Box
speciesChama croceata
Chama lobata
speciesChama lobata
alabaster jewel box
speciesChama inezae
Chama crenulata
speciesChama crenulata
Chama producta
speciesChama producta
Chama cerion
speciesChama cerion
Chama cerinorhodon
speciesChama cerinorhodon
Chama hicksi
speciesChama hicksi
Chama tinctoria
speciesChama tinctoria
Chama yaroni
speciesChama yaroni
Chama isaacooki
speciesChama isaacooki
Chama oomedusae
speciesChama oomedusae
Chama linguafelis
speciesChama linguafelis
Chama rubropicta
speciesChama rubropicta
Chama elatensis
speciesChama elatensis
Chama sordida
speciesChama sordida
milky jewel box
speciesChama lactuca
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
History of Rare Plants Observed in Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1583 · p.123
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.295
Stirpium adversaria nova
Matthias de Lobel · 1571 · p.187
Florum et coronariarum historia
Rembert Dodoens · 1568 · p.230
Elements of Botany
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort · 1719 · p.32
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.94
Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain
Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.770
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.524
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.300
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.129
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.99
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.95
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Chama in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 125865.