Anomia (bivalve)

Anomia (bivalve)
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.
This genus first appeared in the Permian period of China, Italy, and Pakistan. 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. 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.
Species
Species:
Anomia achaeus
Anomia alta
Anomia ampulla
Anomia andraei
Anomia angulata
Anomia archaeus
Anomia argentaria
Anomia aurita
Anomia beryx
Anomia biloba
Anomia bilocularis
Anomia bipartita
Anomia biplicata
Anomia boettgeri
Anomia caputserpentis
Anomia chinensis
Anomia complanata
Anomia convexa
Anomia costata
Anomia costulata
Anomia craniolaris
Anomia cymbula
Anomia cytaeum
Anomia daduensis
Anomia ephippioides
Anomia ephippium
Anomia fareta
Anomia favrii
Anomia gryphus
Anomia hammetti
Anomia hannai
Anomia haustellum
Anomia hinnitoides
Anomia hysterita
Anomia inconspicua
Anomia interrupta
Anomia kateruensis
Anomia lacunosa
Anomia laevigata
Anomia lineata
Anomia linensis
Anomia lisbonensis
Anomia macostata
Anomia mamillaris
Anomia mcgoniglensis
Anomia microstriata
Anomia mortilleti
Anomia navicellodies
Anomia onslowensis
Anomia orbiculata
Anomia ornata
Anomia ornata
Anomia pakistanica
Anomia papyracea
Anomia paucistriata
Anomia pectinata
Anomia pellisserpentis
Anomia perlineata
Anomia peruviana (synonym: Anomia fidenas Gray, 1850)
Anomia plicata
Anomia primaeva
Anomia prisca
Anomia pseudoradiata
Anomia radiata
Anomia reticularis
Anomia ruffini
Anomia sandalinum
Anomia schafhaeutli
Anomia senescens
Anomia septenaria
Anomia sergipensis
Anomia simplex
Anomia simplexiformis
Anomia sinuosa
Anomia spec
Anomia striata
Anomia striata
Anomia striatula
Anomia sublaevigata
Anomia talahabensis
Anomia taylorensis
Anomia tenuistriata
Anomia terebratula
Anomia trigonopsis
Anomia vancouverensis
Anomia vaquerosensis
Anomia verbeeki
Anomia vespertilio
Reassigned species
As Anomia was erected very early in paleontology, several species have been reassigned; most of them are now recognized as brachiopods.
A. angulata = Yanishewskiella angulata, brachiopod
A. biloba = Dicoelosia biloba, brachiopod
A. bilocularis = Conchidium biloculare, brachiopod
A. caputserpentis Linné, 1758 = undetermined terebratulid brachiopod
A. caputserpentis Linné, 1767 = Terebratulina caputserpentis, brachiopod
A. craniolaris = Crania craniolaris, brachiopod
A. crispa = Delthyris elegans, brachiopod
A. detruncata = Megathyris detruncata, brachiopod
A. furcata = Monia zelandica
A. nobilis = Monia nobilis
A. pectinata = Rhynchora pectinata, brachiopod
A. placenta = Placuna placenta
A. psittacea = Hemithiris psittacea, brachiopod
A. reticularis = Atrypa reticularis, brachiopod
A. retusa Linné, 1758 = Terebratulina caputserpentis, brachiopod
A. rubra = Kraussina rubra, brachiopod
A. sella = Placuna quadrangula
A. squamula = Heteranomia squamula
A. terebratula = Terebratula terebratula, brachiopod
A. vitrea = Gryphus vitreus, brachiopod
References
Anomiidae
Bivalve genera
Taxa described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus