Description: Chama macerophylla Gmelin, 1791 - interior 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: 3 January 2015, 21:26. Source: Chama macerophylla (leafy jewelbox) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 2. Author: James St. John.
PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; Chama sinuosa firma Pilsbry & MacGinty, 1938; Type status: PARATYPE; Identified by:Pilsbry H. A. & Mc Ginty T.; Individual count:1; Event date: N/A
Summary[edit] Description: English: Specimen of shell (Mollusca) from the Gulf of Tonkin, in the Beijing Museum of Natural History (2017). Collection belonging to the Natural History Museum of Guangxi. Date: 13 July 2017, 12:44:26. Source: Own work. Author: Bjoertvedt. Camera location39° 52′ 53.37″ N, 116° 23′ 37.7″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth 39.881492; 116.393806.
PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; Chama sinuosa firma Pilsbry & MacGinty, 1938; Type status: PARATYPE; Identified by:Pilsbry H. A. & Mc Ginty T.; Individual count:1; Event date: N/A
All of these shells came from a single submarine cave, where conditions were sufficiently calm to promote their growth.I am not at all sure whether they are all the same species. Some of the attached ones may be Reflexed Jewel Box - Chama reflexa..
Description: English: Shell of Chama lazarus (Bivalvia: Veneroida: Chamidae) from a sea cave on Siargao Island (Mindanao, Philippines). Date: 19 July 2009. Source: Flickr.com. Author: Richard Parker. Camera location9° 52′ 00″ N, 126° 03′ 00″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 9.866667; 126.050000.
All of these shells came from a single submarine cave, where conditions were sufficiently calm to promote their growth.I am not at all sure whether they are all the same species. Some of the attached ones may be Reflexed Jewl Box - Chama reflexa..
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.
PRESERVED_SPECIMEN; Chama sinuosa firma Pilsbry & MacGinty, 1938; Type status: PARATYPE; Identified by:Pilsbry H. A. & Mc Ginty T.; Individual count:1; Event date: N/A
Summary[edit] Description: English: All of these shells came from a single submarine cave, where conditions were sufficiently calm to promote their growth. Date: 30 November 1899. Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/28722516@N02/3734832254/. Author: Richard Parker.