Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Amphichama argentata		Western Pacific		1958
Arcinella arcinella	Spiny jewelbox	Western Atlantic	5.3 DL	1767
Arcinella brasiliana		Western Atlantic.	6.2 DL	1953
Arcinella cornuta	Florida spiny jewelbox	Western Central Atlantic.	4 DL	1866
Chama ambigua		Northwest Pacific		1870
Chama arcana	Secret jewelbox	East Pacific.		1976
Chama asperella	Jewel boxes	Indo-Pacific and the Medi	2.2 TL	1819
Chama aspersa		Western Indian Ocean and		1846
Chama bicornis		Mediterranean Sea		1790
Chama brassica		Indo-Pacific.		1847
Chama buddiana	Mexican jewel box	Pacific Ocean		1852
Chama cerion		Eastern Central Pacific		2003
Chama circinata		Mediterranean Sea		1878
Chama congregata	Corrugate jewelbox	Western Atlantic.	3.5 DL	1833
Chama croceata	Savigny's jewel box	Indo-Pacific	10 SHL	1819
Chama dunkeri		Western Pacific.		1870
Chama echinata		Southeast Pacific and Wes		1835
Chama fibula		Western Central Pacific		1846
Chama florida	Pretty jewelbox	Western Atlantic.		1819
Chama fraga		Indo-Pacific.		1847
Chama frondosa		Southeast Pacific		1835
Chama gryphoides		Mediterranean Sea		1758
Chama inezae		Western Central Atlantic	2.5 DL	1943
Chama iostoma		Indo-Pacific.		1837
Chama japonica	Japanese jewel box	Western Pacific.		1819
Chama jukesi		Indo-Pacific.		1847
Chama lactuca	Milky jewelbox	Western Central Atlantic.	2.2 DL	1886
Chama lazarus	Lazarus jewel box	Indo-Pacific	14 SHL	1758
Chama limbula	Jewel box	Indo-Pacific		1819
Chama lobata		Western Pacific.		1835
Chama macerophylla	Leafy jewelbox	Western Atlantic	10 WD	1791
Chama pacifica	Reflexed jewel box	Indo-Pacific and the Medi	8 SHL	1834
Chama pellucida		Eastern Pacific		1835
Chama radians		Western Atlantic.	4.7 DL	1819
Chama sarda	Cherry jewelbox	Western Atlantic.	3.8 DL	1847
Chama semipurpurata		Western Pacific		1870
Chama sinuosa	Smooth-edge jewelbox	Western Central Pacific a		1835
Chama sordida		Western Central Pacific a		1835
Chama venosa		Western Central Pacific a		1837
Pseudochama aurantiaca		Northwest Pacific		1971
Pseudochama corbieri		Mediterranean Sea		1846
Pseudochama exogyra	Reversed chama	Eastern Pacific		1837
Pseudochama granti	Deep jewelbox	East Pacific.		1934
Pseudochama gryphina	Left-handed jewel box	Mediterranean Sea		1819
Pseudochama inezae	Alabaster jewelbox	Western Central Atlantic		1943
Pseudochama radians	Atlantic jewelbox	North America.		1819
Pseudochama retroversa	Retroversal jewel box	Western Pacific		1870
Pseudochama scutulina		Western Pacific		1981

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Chamidae jewel box shells(See list of species below)

Family: Chamidae jewel box shells

(See list of species below)