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Anomia (bivalve)

{{Short description|Genus of bivalves}}

{{Other uses|Anomia (disambiguation)}}

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| fossil_range = Late Permian to Holocene
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| image = Anomia ephippium.jpg

| image_caption = Two upper valves of A. ephippium

| taxon = Anomia

| authority = Linnaeus, 1758

| synonyms = * Echion

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

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|A. ephippium|Linnaeus, 1758 type = A. caepa

|A. achaeus|Gray, 1850 = A. sol

|A. chinensis|Philippi, 1849

|A. colombiana|

|A. cytaeum|Gray, 1850

|A. macostata|Huber, 2010

|A. peruviana|d'Orbigny, 1846 = A. laqueata

|A. simplex|d'Orbigny, 1853

|A. trigonopsis|Hutton, 1877

|A. vancouverensis|Gabb, 1869 Cretaceous

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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,Gofas, S. (2010) Anomia Linnaeus, 1758. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137650 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035124/http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137650 |date=2016-03-04 }} on 2010-06-06 though some are also known as saddle oysters.{{cite web|website= The Marine Life Information Network|title= Saddle oyster - Anomia ephippium|url= http://www.marlin.ac.uk/speciesinformation.php?speciesID=2527}}

This genus first appeared in the Permian period of China, Italy, and Pakistan.[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16476 Paleobiology database entry on Anomia] Anomia species are common in both tropical and temperate oceans and live primarily attached to rock or other shells via a calcified byssus that extends through the lower valve.Ludvigsen, Rolf & Beard, Graham. 1997. West Coast Fossils: A Guide to the Ancient Life of Vancouver Island. pg. 109 Anomia shells tend to take on the surface shape of what they are attached to; thus if an Anomia is attached to a scallop shell, the shell of the Anomia will also show ribbing. The species A. colombiana has been found in the La Frontera Formation of Boyacá, Cundinamarca and Huila of Colombia.{{cite journal |last=Patarroyo |first=Pedro |year=2016 |title=Amonoideos y otros macrofósiles del lectoestratotipo de la Formación la Frontera, Turoniano inferior - medio (Cretácico Superior) en San Francisco, Cundinamarca (Colombia) |url=http://www.scielo.org.co/pdf/boge/v38n3/v38n3a03.pdf |journal=Boletín de Geología, Universidad Industrial de Santander |volume=38 |page=41 |accessdate=2017-04-04}}

Species

Species:{{cite web |title=Anomia Linnaeus, 1758 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2031838 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=10 October 2021 |language=en}}

Reassigned species

As Anomia was erected very early in paleontology, several species have been reassigned; most of them are now recognized as brachiopods.{{cite book|editor-last= Moore|editor-first= R.C.|year= 1965|title= Brachiopoda|publisher= Geological Society of America/University of Kansas Press|series= Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology|volume= Part H., Volume 1 and 2|location= Boulder, Colorado/Lawrence, Kansas|isbn= 0-8137-3015-5}}{{cite book|editor-last= Moore|editor-first= R.C.Paleontological Institute|series= Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology|title= Part N, Mollusca 6, vol. 1 & 2|url= http://129.237.145.244:591/FMPro?-db=treatise&-format=treatise%2fdetails1.html&-lay=table&-sortfield=sort%20number&part=Part%20A&-max=2147483647&-recid=96&-findall=|accessdate= 5 December 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161009084443/http://129.237.145.244:591/FMPro?-db=treatise&-format=treatise%2fdetails1.html&-lay=table&-sortfield=sort%20number&part=Part%20A&-max=2147483647&-recid=96&-findall=|archive-date= 9 October 2016|url-status= dead}}

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Category:Anomiidae

Category:Bivalve genera

Category:Taxa described in 1758

Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

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