Pinna rudis | |
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Exemplar in Madeira, Portugal | |
Pinna rudis from Sicily, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pteriida |
Family: | Pinnidae |
Genus: | Pinna |
Species: | P. rudis
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Binomial name | |
Pinna rudis | |
Synonyms[1][2] | |
Pinna rudis, the rough pen shell or spiny fan-mussel, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Pinnidae.[3] It is the type species of the genus Pinna. Knowledge about this is sparse, with an absence of specific studies and literature.[4]