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** ''[[Common jingle|Anomia simplex]]'' <small>[[d'Orbigny]], 1842</small> - Common jingle |
** ''[[Common jingle|Anomia simplex]]'' <small>[[d'Orbigny]], 1842</small> - Common jingle |
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** ''[[Prickly jingle|Anomia squamula]]'' <small>[[Linnaeus]], 1758</small> - Prickly jingle |
** ''[[Prickly jingle|Anomia squamula]]'' <small>[[Linnaeus]], 1758</small> - Prickly jingle |
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** ''[[Anomia trigonopsis]]'' <small>Hutton, 1877</small> - New Zealand jingle |
** ''[[Anomia trigonopsis]]'' <small>[[Frederick Wollaston Hutton|Hutton]], 1877</small> - New Zealand jingle |
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* ''[[Enigmonia]]'' <br> |
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**''[[Mangrove jingle shell|Enigmonia aenigmatica]]'' <small>(Holten, 1803)</small> - Mangrove jingle shell <br> |
**''[[Mangrove jingle shell|Enigmonia aenigmatica]]'' <small>(Holten, 1803)</small> - Mangrove jingle shell <br> |
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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
- Enigmonia aenigmatica (Holten, 1803) - Mangrove jingle shell
Subfamily Placunanomiinae
- Monia
- Monia macroschisma (Deshayes, 1839)
- Monia umbonata - False jingle shell
- Monia zelandica - (Gray, 1843)
- Patro
- Placuna
- Placuna placenta (Linnaeus, 1758) - Windowpane oyster or Kapis shell
- Pododesmus
- Pododesmus cepio
- Pododesmus rudis (Broderip, 1834) - False Atlantic jingle
References
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