Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Chama frondosa
Joyero frondoso, Leafed jewelbox
Length: 80 mm.
Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), Intertidal and subtidal.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Venerida
Superfamily
Chamoidea
Family
Chamidae
Genus
Chama
Species
frondosa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Chama parasitica Rochebrune, 1895, Chama purpurascens Tryon, 1872 (Horton et al., 2021); Type Locality: Isla La Plata (01º 18' S), Ecuador ANSP: 153628, CAS: several specimens (ex.: 323, 27554), CDRS: 797
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Gulf of California, Mexico, Ecuador and Galapagos Islands (Bernard 1976, Coan & Valentich-Scott 2012) Perú (Cardoso et al., 2016).
- Cardoso, F. Paredes, C., Mogollón, V. and Palacios, E. (2016) The Chamidae family (Bivalvia: Venerida) in Peru, with the addition of five new records Revista peruana de biología 23(1): 013 - 016 (Abril 2016). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v23i1.11829
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Chama frondosa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8047. Accessed 31 October 2026.