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Chamelea
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Chamelea

Chamelea is a genus of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Striped Venus

speciesChamelea gallina

Striped Venus

speciesChamelea striatula

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Chamelea in De medicinali materia libri sex

De medicinali materia libri sex

Dioscorides · 1552 · p.846

Chamelea in Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides

Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1509

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 448230.