Jewel Box Clams

[Lev F.]

I had recently seen a couple of these guys for sale at my LFS. I can't find any info on them. What are they? Are they photosynthetic?

Thank you very much in advance

 

[TippyToeX]

Do you have a scientific name?

 

[Lev F.]

Unfortunately No I asked them but they didn't seem to know.

 

[Markk96]

[moved]

 

[tangey]

What color are they

 

[Lev F.]

They look similar to thorny oysters, but smaller. Almost a scallop like shell. They had a pink and one had a blue mantle. BTW, thanks for the move

 

[fishfanv]

this is what i found on google:

http://shells.tricity.wsu.edu/ArcherdShellCollection/Bivalvia/Chamidae.html

Family: Chamidae (Jewel Boxes)

Description
Chama is an oyster-like bivalve that has developed a permanently attached mode of life. Its deeply conical right valve (in the pictures at right, the upper valve) is cemented to some substrate, while the somewhat flattened left valve forms an operculum-like cover. Consistent with its immobility, the foot is greatly reduced. Chama is a sole surviving genus of a very prolific group of fossil oysters dating from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, some 200 million years ago. It is of interest mainly because it seems to occupy an intermediate evolutionary step between two extinct families of the Chamacea superfamily.

Classification

Class: Bivalvia

Subclass: Heterodonta

Order: Veneroida

Superfamily: Chamacea

Family: Chamidae

Major Genera

* Genus: Arcinella
* Genus: Chama
* Genus: Pseudochama

 

[Lev F.]

That would be it. Are they photosynthetic?

 

[mbbuna]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8679994#post8679994 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Dragonet_Dude
That would be it. Are they photosynthetic?

no they are not. they are filter feeders