Chamelea
Encyclopedia
Chamelea is a genus
of small saltwater clam
s, marine
bivalve molluscs in the family
Veneridae
, the venus clams.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small saltwater clam
Clam
The word "clam" can be applied to freshwater mussels, and other freshwater bivalves, as well as marine bivalves.In the United States, "clam" can be used in several different ways: one, as a general term covering all bivalve molluscs...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
bivalve molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Veneridae
Veneridae
The Veneridae or venerids, also known as the Venus clams, are a very large family of minute to large, saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs. There are over 500 living species of venerid bivalves, most of which are edible, and many of which are exploited as a food source.Many of the most...
, the venus clams.
Species
Species within the genus Chamelea include:- Chamelea gallinaChamelea gallinaChamelea gallina is a species of small saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.-Taxonomy:Linnaeus originally described Venus gallina from the Mediterranean in 1758. Other zoologists may have consequently assumed that Da Costa's 1778 Pectunculus striatulus...
- Chamelea striatula