#4772 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Striped Venus
🇳🇱 Gestreepte venusschelp ·Chamelea gallina
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what is it?
Chamelea gallina is a species of small saltwater clam, a marine bivalve in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.
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
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,138 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Striped Venus
- Nederlands
- Gestreepte venusschelp
- scientific name
- Chamelea gallina
- class
- Bivalvia
- order
- Venerida
- family
- Veneridae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 3,085
- sightings worldwide
- 4,138
- GBIF records in NL
- 148
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Veneridae
#4597 📷 7False Angelwing
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse boormossel
Petricolaria pholadiformis
👀 152 in NL
#4607 📷 10Pullet Carpet Shell
🇳🇱 Tapijtschelp
Venerupis corrugata
👀 113 in NL
#4610 📷 10Striped Venus
🇳🇱 Gewone venusschelp
Chamelea striatula
👀 108 in NL
#4615 📷 10Japanese Littleneck
🇳🇱 Filipijnse tapijtschelp
Ruditapes philippinarum
👀 91 in NL
#4763 📷 7Northern Quahog
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse venusschelp
Mercenaria mercenaria
🌍 7.5k seen
#4785 📷 9Warty Venus Clam
🇳🇱 Wrattige venusschelp
Venus verrucosa
🌍 3k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 448229, Wikidata Q2948502, GBIF 2287705, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.