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Updated 2/14/2026

Family Chamidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Chama asperella

   


Kane'ohe Bay, Oahu, 6 feet

Sea Cave, Oahu, 80 feet

 

WHITE JEWEL OYSTER

Rare in the main Hawaiian Islands but common in the NWHI.  Shell very thick, often heavily encrusted, white sometimes with orange blotches, concentric rings of short tubular spines, inner edge of lower valve with fine denticles.  Attains 1 inch.  Red Sea to New Zealand, Hawaii and the Tuamotus.  Formerly known as Chama fibula.