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Family Chamidae

WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Chama asperella

Sea Cave, Oahu, 80 feet

WHITE JEWEL OYSTER

Rare in the main Hawaii Islands but common in the NWHI.  Shell very thick, smooth with fine concentric growth rings and short spines, interior white.  Attains 1 inch.  Tropical Pacific including Hawaii.  Formerly known as Chama fibula.