Pinna (bivalve)

Pinna
Temporal range: Carboniferous–Recent[1]
Pinna nobilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pteriida
Superfamily: Pinnoidea
Family: Pinnidae
Genus: Pinna
Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Pinna rudis Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
  • Exitopinna Iredale, 1939
  • Pinna (Abyssopinna) P. W. Schultz & M. Huber, 2013· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pinna (Cyrtopinna) Mörch, 1853· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pinna (Exitopinna) Iredale, 1939· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pinna (Pinna) Linnaeus, 1758· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pinna (Quantulopinna) Iredale, 1939· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pinna (Subitopinna) Iredale, 1939· accepted, alternate representation
  • Pinnarius Duméril, 1805
  • Pinnula Rafinesque, 1815
  • Quantulopinna Iredale, 1939
  • Subitopinna Iredale, 1939

Pinna is a genus of bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Pinnidae.[2][3] The type species of the genus is Pinna rudis.[2]

The most extensively studied species in the genus is P. nobilis, a Mediterranean pen shell which was historically important as the principal source of sea silk.

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