Striped Venus clam
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| Phylum | Mollusca | Chamelea gallina is a species of small saltwater clam, a marine bivalve in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. The shell is solid and thick, with two equal sized valves and up to five centimetres long. It is broadly triangular but asymmetrical, having a round anterior margin but a somewhat elongated posterior. The periostracum is thin and the ligament connecting the two valves is narrow. The lunule is short and heart-shaped, light brown with fine radiating ridges. The shell is sculptured with about fifteen concentric ridges. The colour is whitish, cream or pale yellow, sometimes shiny, and usually with three red-brown radiating rays.
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| Class | Bivalvia | |
| Order | Veneroida | |
| Family | Veneridae | |
| genus | Chamelea | |
| Species | C. gallina |
