| Description | Chamidae, common name the jewel boxes or jewel box clams, is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, the marine bivalve mollusks in the order Venerida.
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| Rank | family |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Chamidae |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Chamidae |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Common Name | jewel box |
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| Scientific Name | Chamidae |
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| Name Published In | Man. Malac.: 541 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Chamidae | family | belongs to Chamacea | stated without evidence | Glenn, 1904 | | Chamidae | family | belongs to Chamacea | stated with evidence | Newell, 1965 | | Chamidae | family | belongs to Chamacea | stated without evidence | Dockery, 1982 | | Chamidae | family | belongs to Chamacea | stated with evidence | Ward and Blackwelder, 1987 | | Chamidae | family | belongs to Chamacea | stated without evidence | Squires, 1987 | | Chamidae | family | belongs to Chamacea | stated with evidence | Beu et al., 1990 | | Chamidae | family | belongs to Chamoidea | stated without evidence | Coan et al., 2000 | | Chamidae | family | belongs to Chamoidea | implied | Nevesskaja, 2009 | | Chamidae | family | belongs to Chamoidea | stated without evidence | Bouchet et al., 2010 | | Chamidae | family | belongs to Chamoidea | stated with evidence | Carter et al., 2011 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 69 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 30 (43%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 130 - 125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous |
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| Motility | stationary, attached, epibiont |
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| Vision | blind (based on Bivalvia) |
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| Diet | suspension feeder |
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| Ecospace Comments | LIFE HISTORY: ER, IM, CE, SU according to Todd (2001). |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Bivalvia) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | H. E. Vokes. 1980. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue. Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue |
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| Common Name(s) | Gienmuscheln, Hufmuscheln, Juwelendosen, Jewel Boxes, Jewelboxes, キクザルガイ, Jewel Box |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamidae |
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| Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue |
| Glenn L. C. (1904) Pelecypoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 274-401 |
| Newell N. D. (1965) Classification of the Bivalvia, American Museum Novitates 2206, 1-25 |
| Dockery D. T. (1982) Lower Oligocene Bivalvia of the Vicksburg Group in Mississippi, Mississippi Department of Natural Resources Bureau of Geology 123, 1-261 |
| Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93 |
| Ward L. W., Blackwelder B.W. (1987) Late Pliocene and Early Pleistocene Mollusca from the James City and Chowan River Formations at Lee Creek Mine, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 61, 113-283 |
| Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58 |
| Ward L. W. (1992) Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Virginia Museum of Natural History 2 |
| Coan E. V., Scott P. V., et al (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural history Monographs 2, 1-764 |
| Nevesskaja L. A. (2009) Principles of Systematics and the System of Bivalves, Paleontological Journal 43 1, 1-11 doi:10.1134/S0031030109010018 |
| Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201 |
| Carter J. G., Altaba C. R., et al (2011) A Synoptical Classification of the Bivalvia (Mollusca), University of Kansas Paleontological Institute Paleontological Contributions 4, 1-47 |
| Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. 2010. Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M.; Collins, T. M.; Glover, E. A.; González, V. L.; Graf, D. L.; Harper, E. M.; Healy, J.; Kawauchi, G. Y.; Sharma, P. P.; Staubach, S.; Strong, E. E.; Taylor, J. D.; Tëmkin, I.; Zardus, J. D.; Clark, S.; Guzmán, A.; McIntyre, E.; Sharp, P.; Giribet, G. (2014). Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life – an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters. Invertebrate Systematics. 28(1): 32-115. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 484 Addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology and to the Official List of Family-group Names in Zoology respectively of the generic name Chama Linnaeus, 1758, and the family-group name Chamidae (correction of Camacea) Blainville, 1825 (class Pelecypoda).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 17, 73-86 (1957) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology |
| Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. 2010. Nomenclator of bivalve families; with a classification of bivalve families by R. Bieler, J.G. Carter & E.V. Coan. Malacologia 52(2): 1-184. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) |
| Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) |
| Bieler, R.; Mikkelsen, P. M.; Collins, T. M.; Glover, E. A.; González, V. L.; Graf, D. L.; Harper, E. M.; Healy, J.; Kawauchi, G. Y.; Sharma, P. P.; Staubach, S.; Strong, E. E.; Taylor, J. D.; Tëmkin, I.; Zardus, J. D.; Clark, S.; Guzmán, A.; McIntyre, E.; Sharp, P.; Giribet, G. (2014). Investigating the Bivalve Tree of Life – an exemplar-based approach combining molecular and novel morphological characters. Invertebrate Systematics. 28(1): 32-115. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) |
| Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
| Bieler et al., 2010 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Chamidae
