Pinna attenuata

Pinna attenuata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pteriida
Family: Pinnidae
Genus: Pinna
Species:
P. attenuata
Binomial name
Pinna attenuata
Reeve, 1858
Synonyms
  • Pinna (Cyrtopinna) attenuata Reeve 1858· accepted, alternative representation
  • Pinna stutchburii Reeve 1859

Pinna attenuata is a species of bivalves belonging to the family Pinnidae.[1] It has an elongate, triangular shell shape, is radially wrinkled anteriorly, radially ribbed posteriorly, and is usually unscaled. It is yellow-olive in colour when alive.[2]

The species has been found in waters off the coast of Japan, Tanzania, and in Malesia.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Pinna attenuata Reeve, 1858". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  2. ^ Reeve, Lovell Augustus (1859). Conchologia Iconica, or, Illustrations of the Shells of Molluscous Animals v. 11. London: Reeve, Brothers. pp. 103–104.


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