Anomiidae

Taxobox
name = Anomiidae


image_width = 200px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Bivalvia
ordo = Ostreoida
subordo =
superfamilia =
familia = Anomiidae
familia_authority = Rafinesque, 1815
subdivision_ranks = Genera and species
subdivision = See text.

Anomiidae is a family of bivalve molluscs related to scallops and oysters, and known as anomiids.

The family is known by several common names, including jingle shells, saddle oysters, windowpane oysters, mermaid's toenails and kapis shells.

Description

Anomiids have extremely thin, translucent, paper-like shells. There is often a hole in the lower shell, caused by growth of the shell around the byssus. The shell follows the shape of the object it lies on - usually a rock or a large shell of another creature.

Uses

Members of this family are distastefully bitter and not eaten. However, industrial applications include manufacture into, or as part of, glue, chalk, paint, shellac and solder. Kapis shells are made into decorative objects such as lampshades in Asia.

Genera and species in the family Anomiidae

Subfamily Anomiinae
* "Anomia"
** "Anomia chinensis" Philippi, 1849 - Chinese jingle shell
** "Anomia ephippium" Linnaeus, 1758 - European jingle shell
** "Anomia peruviana" d'Orbigny, 1846 - Peruvian jingle
** "Anomia simplex" d'Orbigny, 1842 - Common jingle
** "Anomia squamula" Linnaeus, 1758 - Prickly jingle
** "Anomia trigonopsis" Hutton, 1877 - New Zealand jingle
* "Enigmonia"
**"Enigmonia aenigmatica" (Holten, 1803) - Mangrove jingle shell
Subfamily Placunanomiinae
* "Monia"
** "Monia macroschisma" (Deshayes, 1839)
** "Monia umbonata" - False jingle shell
* "Patro"
** "Patro australis"
** "Patro undatus"
* "Placuna"
** "Placuna placenta" (Linnaeus, 1758) - Windowpane oyster or Kapis shell
* "Pododesmus"
**"Pododesmus cepio"
** "Pododesmus rudis" (Broderip, 1834) - False Atlantic jingle

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