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.
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.
