Chama congregata, commonly known as the corrugated jewel box clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Chamidae.[1][2] It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies and Bermuda.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Chamoidea |
| Family: | Chamidae |
| Genus: | Chama |
| Species: | C. congregata
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| Binomial name | |
| Chama congregata Conrad, 1833
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References
edit- ^ Guiry, Michael D. (2019). Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Chama congregata Conrad, 1833". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ^ a b Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 53.
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