Biology:Chama sinuosa

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Short description: Species of bivalve


Chama sinuosa
Chama sinuosa (10.3897-zookeys.779.24562) Figure 2 (cropped).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Chamoidea
Family: Chamidae
Genus: Chama
Species:
C. sinuosa
Binomial name
Chama sinuosa
Broderip, 1835

Chama sinuosa, common name the smooth-edged jewel box, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae, the jewel boxes. This species is found along the Atlantic coast of North America, from southern Florida to the West Indies.[1]

References

  1. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 54.

Wikidata ☰ Q3016984 entry