Chama macerophylla (leafy jewelbox) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1 (15570513883)
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Description: Chama macerophylla Gmelin, 1791 - exterior of right valve of a beachworn leafy jewelbox, 1.2 cm across at its widest. Family Chamidae (Cretaceous to Holocene) - the jewelboxes (a.k.a. rock oysters) are epifaunal, filter-feeding, hard substrate-encrusters in shallow-water, tropical to temperate marine settings. Date: 20 February 2011, 22:11. Source: Chama macerophylla (leafy jewelbox) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 1. Author: James St. John.
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- Bivalvia (mussels)
- Chamoidea
- Chamidae (jewel box)
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- Chama macerophylla (leafy jewelbox)
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