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| familia = '''Anomiidae'''
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| familia_authority = [[Rafinesque]], 1815
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'''Anomiidae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[bivalve]]s related to [[scallop]]s and [[oyster]]s.


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'''Anomiidae''' is a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[bivalve]] [[mollusc]]s related to [[scallop]]s and [[oyster]]s, and known as '''anomiids'''.
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The family is known by several common names, including '''Jingle shells''', '''Saddle oysters''', '''Windowpane oysters''', '''Mermaid's toenails''' and '''Kapis shells'''.

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


==Description==
==Description==
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==Uses==
==Uses==
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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 [[lampshade]]s in [[Asia]].
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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 [[lampshade]]s in [[Asia]].


==Genera and species in the family Anomiidae==
==Taxonomy==
'''Subfamily Anomiinae'''
'''Subfamily Anomiinae'''
* ''[[Anomia (genus)|Anomia]]''
* ''[[Anomia (genus)|Anomia]]''
** ''[[Chinese jingle shell|Anomia chinensis]]'' Philippi, 1849 - Chinese jingle shell
** ''[[Chinese jingle shell|Anomia chinensis]]'' <small>[[Rodolfo Amando Philippi|Philippi]], 1849</small> - Chinese jingle shell
** ''[[European jingle shell|Anomia ephippium]]'' Linnaeus, 1758 - European jingle shell
** ''[[European jingle shell|Anomia ephippium]]'' <small>[[Linnaeus]], 1758</small> - European jingle shell
** ''[[Peruvian jingle|Anomia peruviana]]'' D'Orbigny, 1846 - Peruvian jingle
** ''[[Peruvian jingle|Anomia peruviana]]'' <small>[[d'Orbigny]], 1846</small> - Peruvian jingle
** ''[[Common jingle|Anomia simplex]]'' D'Orbigny, 1842 - Common jingle
** ''[[Common jingle|Anomia simplex]]'' <small>[[d'Orbigny]], 1842</small> - Common jingle
** ''[[Prickly jingle|Anomia squamula]]'' Linnaeus, 1758 - Prickly jingle
** ''[[Prickly jingle|Anomia squamula]]'' <small>[[Linnaeus]], 1758</small> - Prickly jingle
* ''[[Enigmonia]]'' <br>
* ''[[Enigmonia]]'' <br>
**''[[Mangrove jingle shell|Enigmonia aenigmatica]]'' (Holten, 1803) - Mangrove jingle shell <br>
**''[[Mangrove jingle shell|Enigmonia aenigmatica]]'' <small>(Holten, 1803)</small> - Mangrove jingle shell <br>
'''Subfamily Placunanomiinae'''
'''Subfamily Placunanomiinae'''
* ''[[Monia]]''
* ''[[Monia]]''
** ''[[Monia macroschisma]]'' (Deshayes, 1839)
** ''[[Monia macroschisma]]'' <small>(Deshayes, 1839)</small>
** ''[[False jingle shell|Monia umbonata]]'' - False jingle shell
** ''[[False jingle shell|Monia umbonata]]'' - False jingle shell
* ''[[Patro]]''
* ''[[Patro]]''
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** ''[[Patro undatus]]''
** ''[[Patro undatus]]''
* ''[[Placuna]]''
* ''[[Placuna]]''
** ''[[Windowpane oyster|Placuna placenta]]'' (Linnaeus, 1758) - Windowpane oyster or Kapis shell
** ''[[Windowpane oyster|Placuna placenta]]'' <small>([[Linnaeus]], 1758)</small> - Windowpane oyster or Kapis shell
* ''[[Pododesmus]]''
* ''[[Pododesmus]]''
**''[[Pododesmus cepio]]''
**''[[Pododesmus cepio]]''
** ''[[False Atlantic jingle|Pododesmus rudis]]'' (Broderip, 1834) - False Atlantic jingle
** ''[[False Atlantic jingle|Pododesmus rudis]]'' <small>(Broderip, 1834)</small> - False Atlantic jingle

==References==


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Anomiidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Ostreoida
Family:
Anomiidae

Genera and species

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

Subfamily Placunanomiinae

References


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