Anomia (bivalve)
Introduction '''''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
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