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Cabbage jewel box

Chama brassica Reeve, 1847

Status not recordedmolluscs

The cabbage jewel box (Chama brassica) is a species in the family Chamidae, order Venerida.

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Quick facts about the cabbage jewel box

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the cabbage jewel box live?

Not recorded

Is the cabbage jewel box endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the cabbage jewel box classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderVenerida
  5. familyChamidae
  6. genusChama
  7. SpeciesChama brassica Reeve, 1847

Synonyms Chama brassica brassica, Chama chinensis, Chama imbricata, Chama praetexta

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Kohl-JuwelendoseGerman
  • シロキクザルJapanese
  • 寶石偏口蛤Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cabbage jewel box

Other species in the same genus Chama.

Jewel box

Chama gryphoides

ChamidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the cabbage jewel box?

The cabbage jewel box (Chama brassica) belongs to the family Chamidae in the order Venerida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Cabbage jewel box (Chama brassica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/cabbage-jewel-box

MLA

“Cabbage jewel box (Chama brassica).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/cabbage-jewel-box.

BibTeX
@misc{cabbage_jewel_box_2026,
  title = {Cabbage jewel box (Chama brassica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cabbage-jewel-box},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}