Corrugate Jewelbox

Corrugate Jewelbox
Chama congregata (Conrad, 1833)
Family Chamidae

Corrugate Jewelbox are found occasionally on S. Hutchinson Island becahes. The growth lines externd outward in a clockwise pattern.


S. Hutchinson Island- January, 2021

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Shell size to 35 mm; shell thick, circular, usually smaller than Chama macerophylla. Sculpture of weakly corrugated radial riblets, never forming scales. Inner margin of valves finely scalloped. Color pinkish or reddish with markings of darker color. Often found attached to shells of Atrina serrata.


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