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Anomia
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Anomia

Anomia is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Anomiidae. They are commonly known as jingle shells because when a handful of them are shaken they make a jingling sound, though some are also known as saddle oysters.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Common Jingle

speciesAnomia simplex

Anomia ephippium

speciesAnomia ephippium

Golden Oyster

speciesAnomia trigonopsis

Pearly Jingle

speciesAnomia peruviana

Chinese Jingle

speciesAnomia chinensis

Anomia achaeus

speciesAnomia achaeus

Anomia cytaeum

speciesAnomia cytaeum

Anomia macostata

speciesAnomia macostata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 55025.