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Taxonomy > Chamidae > Chama < Previous species - Next species > (within the family) Chama coralloides Reeve, 1846 Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 147 [as Chama echinata] Huber (2010) Compendium of Bivalves. A Full-Color Guide to 3'300 of the World's Marine Bivalves. A Status on Bivalvia after 250 Years of Research. - p. 282 Coan & Valentich-Scott (2012) Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. - p. 435 Cardoso et al. (2016) La familia Chamidae (Bivalvia: Venerida) en Perú, con la adición de cinco nuevos registros. - p. 17 Gurgo Salice & Cáceres (2021) Baja Californian sea shells. - p. 166 Statistics Frequency very common - 92 localities (46.7 %) Sediment 59 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) Size and comments The literature reports a maximum dimension of 90mm; specimens up to 80mm are not rare. Images Height 29.6mm. Taxonomy > Chamidae > Chama < Previous species - Next species > (within the family)