#4746 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Paardenzadel
Anomia ephippium
🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Veneto, Italia
📍 Setúbal, PT
📍 Pontevedra, ES-GA, ES
📍 XIII Municipio, Roma, Lazio, IT
📍 Plage de l'Huveaune, 13008 Marseille, France
📍 Praia de Monte Gordo
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Alfred Passath · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © jonatan_antunez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Juan Valentín · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Christine Morrow · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. Veneto, Italia:© carla corazza · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Setúbal, PT:© Jorge Alves Silva · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Pontevedra, ES-GA, ES:© jonatan_antunez · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. XIII Municipio, Roma, Lazio, IT:© umbertopessolano · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Plage de l'Huveaune, 13008 Marseille, France:© Miroslava MATEJČEKOVÁ · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Praia de Monte Gordo:© Inês Cristina · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Anomia ephippium is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Anomiidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 4 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,112 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- Nederlands
- Paardenzadel
- scientific name
- Anomia ephippium
- class
- Bivalvia
- order
- Pectinida
- family
- Anomiidae
- sightings in NL
- 4
- sightings in Europe
- 2,251
- sightings worldwide
- 3,112
- GBIF records in NL
- 662
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 469347, Wikidata Q204259, GBIF 5188926, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.