Chamelea gallina is a species of small saltwater clam, a marine bivalve in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. Taxonomy Carl Linnaeus originally described Venus gallina from the Mediterranean Sea in 1758. It was not clear whether da Costa's 1778 Pectunculus striatulus was a different northern species or not.
Chamelea est un genre de mollusques bivalves de la famille des Veneridae. Historique et dénomination Le genre Chamelea a été décrit par le malacologiste suédois Otto Andreas Lowson Mørch en 1853. Synonymie Hermione Leach 1852 Ortygia T.
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