Published September 30, 2003 | Version v1
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Pinna Linne 1758

Description

Genus Pinna Linné, 1758

Remarks.— Pinna shows strong morphological similarity with Atrina Gray, 1842. The principal distinguishing character is the interior nacre, which in Pinna is divided medially into two lobes, and the presence of a median carina in this genus.

Notes

Published as part of Seeling, Jens & Bengtson, Peter, 2003, The bivalve Pinna cretacea (Schlotheim, 1813) from the Cretaceous of Brazil, pp. 475-480 in Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 48 (3) on page 477, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13388305

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Linne
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Ostreida
Family
Pinnidae
Genus
Pinna
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Pinna Linne, 1758 sec. Seeling & Bengtson, 2003

References

  • Linne, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Tomus I. 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm].
  • Gray, J. E. 1842. In: British Museum (ed.), Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum, 44 th edition, p. 88. G. Woodfall and Son, London.