Pinnidae
Sign in to saveThe Pinnidae are a taxonomic family of large saltwater clams sometimes known as pen shells. They are marine bivalve molluscs in the order Pteriida.
Species
fan mussels
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderOstreida
- FamilyPinnidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded33,664
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 763
- With media
- 48
- Family
- Pinnidae
- Collections
- LACM, UF, YPM
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Pinna noblis shell & byssus.JPG
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- Commons category
- Pinnidae
- taxon rank
- family
- taxon name
- Pinnidae
- topic's main category
- Category:Pinnidae
- this taxon is source of
- byssus
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Shell description
- Human use
- Genera
- References
- Further reading
The Pinnidae are a taxonomic family of large saltwater clams sometimes known as pen shells. They are marine bivalve molluscs in the order Pteriida.
==Shell description==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pinnidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.