Species Account

Pinna carnea Gmelin, 1791

Pinnoidea : Pinnidae

Non-native
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To size: To 395 mm. Shell Structure: Thin, brittle, fragile. Equivalve: Equivalve. Equilateral: Inequilateral, beaks at extreme anterior. Tumidity: Not tumid. Outline: Elongated narrow, fan-shaped.

Sculpture: Radial ridges, sometimes with a scattering of inrolled spines. Margin: Smooth. Ligament: Elongate brown band. Hinge: Edentulate. Pallial Musculature: Anterior adductor muscle smaller than posterior. Colour: Pale to dark orange, darker at the posterior.

Distribution & Ecology

In native range buried in soft sediment with a few centimetres of posterior end protruding from North Carolina, Bermuda abd the Caribbean,

In Britain and Ireland it has been found only once recorded in Turk 1988, St Ives, Cornwall in a speedboat.

Depth Range

Additional Information & Related Species

Related Species

Pinnoidea : Pinnidae

References

Listed are literature citing Pinna carnea Gmelin, 1791. Reference containing the species Type Description is highlighted.

Gmelin J F 1791. Carli Linnaei systema Naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decimatertia, aucta, reformata, Vermes Testacea 1 (6). Lipsiae. 3021-3910.

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Pinna carnea Gmelin, 1791
Record last modified: 03/03/2022