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Pinna

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae

Taxonomy
Pinna was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: C Vise-l R]. It is extant. Its type is Pinna rudis.

It was assigned to Mytiloida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pinnidae by Nagao (1928), Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Oostingh (1935), Mukerjee (1939), Eames (1951), Vokes (1980), Yamani (1982), Moore (1983), Squires (1983), Squires (1984), Squires and Demetrion (1992), Lamprell and Whitehead (1992), Frassinetti and Covacevich (1999), Stilwell et al. (2004), Griffin et al. (2008), Scholz et al. (2008), Bouchet et al. (2010), Repin (2013) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Species
P. (Pinna), P. (Sulcatopinna), P. alborzica, P. ampla, P. arata, P. asakuraensis, P. bascoi, P. bicolor (syn. P. isosceles, P. dolabrata, P. inermis), P. brewerii, P. calamitoides, P. carnea, P. cawcawensis, P. confutsiana, P. consimilis, P. constantini, P. cordata, P. credneri, P. cretacea, P. cuneiformis, P. decussata, P. deltodes (syn. P. scapula, Exitopinna deltodes ultra), P. deshayesi, P. dolosoniensis, P. equivillana, P. expansa, P. folium, P. freneixae, P. gravida, P. hartmanni, P. incurva (syn. P. incurvata), P. inexpectans, P. kawhiana, P. kingii, P. laqueata, P. laticostata, P. latissima, P. latrania, P. lima, P. llajasensis, P. margaritacea, P. meriani, P. mitis, P. muikadanensis, P. muricata (syn. Quantulopinna delsa howensis, Quantulopinna delsa), P. octavia, P. pacata, P. papyracea, P. pectinata, P. petrina, P. pontica, P. punjabensis, P. qinghaiensis, P. raibliana, P. reginamaris, P. rembangensis, P. richthofeni, P. robinaldina, P. robusta, P. rudis (type species), P. saccata (syn. Streptopinna saccata inusitata), P. semicostata, P. semisulcata, P. shekhanensis, P. simionescui, P. sublanceolata, P. triquetra, P. vexillum
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. africana, P. anderssoni, P. cottai, P. cretacia, P. cuneata, P. ecki, P. fragilis, P. hombresi, P. kasimirensis, P. kauffmani, P. kingi, P. laquata, P. mediokeuperina, P. nobilis, P. refurca, P. sandsfootensis, P. socialis, P. varicosa, P. vaughani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Pinna Linnaeus p. 707
1928Pinna Nagao p. 31
1931Pinna Grant, IV and Gale p. 144
1935Pinna Oostingh p. 142
1939Pinna Mukerjee p. 29
1951Pinna Eames p. 339
1980Pinna Vokes p. 29
1982Pinna Yamani
1983Pinna Moore p. A78
1983Pinna Squires p. 359
1984Pinna Squires p. 42
1992Pinna Lamprell and Whitehead p. 14
1992Pinna Squires and Demetrion p. 37
1999Pinna Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 22
2002Pinna Sepkoski
2004Pinna Stilwell et al. p. 20
2008Pinna Griffin et al. p. 145
2008Pinna Scholz et al.
2010Pinna Bouchet et al.
2013Pinna Repin p. 562
2014Pinna Ros-Franch et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPinnoideaLeach 1819
familyPinnidaeLeach 1819
genusPinnaLinnaeus 1758

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Pinna Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Pinna (Pinna) Linnaeus 1758
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†Pinna (Pinna) barrowsi Dickerson 1914
†Pinna (Pinna) blanfordi Boettger 1880
†Pinna (Pinna) folium Young and Bird 1822
†Pinna (Pinna) lanceolata Sowerby 1821
†Pinna (Pinna) lewisi Waring 1914
†Pinna (Pinna) miliaria Stoppani 1857
†Pinna (Pinna) opalina Quenstedt 1858
†Pinna (Pinna) radiata Munster 1837
†Pinna (Pinna) stocktoni Loel and Corey 1932
†Pinna (Pinna) tommasii Wohrmann and Koken 1892
Subg. †Pinna (Sulcatopinna) Hyatt 1892
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Invalid names: Sulcatopinna arkansana Weller 1897 [synonym]
†Pinna alborzica Repin 2013
†Pinna ampla Sowerby 1812
†Pinna arata Forbes 1846
†Pinna asakuraensis Nagao 1928
†Pinna bascoi Seguí 1999
†Pinna bicolor Gmelin 1791
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Invalid names: Pinna dolabrata Lamarck 1819 [synonym], Pinna inermis Tate 1887 [synonym], Pinna isosceles Hedley 1924 [synonym]
†Pinna brewerii Gabb 1864
†Pinna calamitoides Shumard 1858
Pinna carnea Gmelin 1791
†Pinna cawcawensis Harris 1919
†Pinna confutsiana Kayser 1883
†Pinna consimilis Walcott 1884
†Pinna constantini de Loriol and Pellat 1874
†Pinna cordata Pritchard 1895
†Pinna credneri Gemmellaro 1896
†Pinna cretacea Schlotheim 1813
†Pinna cuneiformis Hyatt 1892
†Pinna decussata Goldfuss 1837
†Pinna deltodes Menke 1843
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Invalid names: Pinna scapula Hedley 1924 [synonym]
†Pinna deshayesi Mayer 1864
†Pinna dolosoniensis McLearn 1926
†Pinna equivillana Anderson 1938
†Pinna expansa Hyatt 1892
†Pinna folium Young and Bird 1822
†Pinna freneixae Zinsmeister and Macellari 1988
†Pinna gravida Harris 1919
†Pinna hartmanni Zieten 1830
†Pinna incurva Gmelin 1791
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Invalid names: Pinna incurvata Sowerby 1825 [synonym]
†Pinna inexpectans Walcott 1884
†Pinna kawhiana Marwick 1953
†Pinna kingii Meek 1877
†Pinna laqueata Conrad 1858
†Pinna laticostata Stoliczka 1871
†Pinna latissima von Koenen 1897
†Pinna latrania Hanna 1926
†Pinna lima Boehm 1903
†Pinna llajasensis Squires 1983
†Pinna margaritacea Lamarck 1805
†Pinna meriani Winkler 1859
†Pinna mitis Zieten 1830
†Pinna muikadanensis Nakazawa 1961
†Pinna muricata Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Quantulopinna delsa Iredale 1939 [synonym], Quantulopinna delsa howensis Iredale 1939 [synonym]
†Pinna octavia Marwick 1953
†Pinna pacata Shilekhin et al. 2023
†Pinna papyracea Stoppani 1857
Pinna pectinata Linnaeus 1758
†Pinna petrina White 1874
†Pinna pontica Anderson 1938
†Pinna punjabensis Eames 1951
†Pinna qinghaiensis Lu 1986
†Pinna raibliana Parona 1889
†Pinna reginamaris Maury 1930
†Pinna rembangensis Martin 1910
†Pinna richthofeni Fliegel 1901
†Pinna robinaldina d'Orbigny 1844
†Pinna robusta Chiesa et al. 1995
†Pinna rudis Linnaeus 1758
Pinna saccata Linnaeus 1758
†Pinna semicostata Philippi 1887
†Pinna semisulcata Tate 1886
†Pinna shekhanensis Eames 1951
†Pinna simionescui Friesenbichler et al. 2019
†Pinna sublanceolata d'Orbigny 1850
†Pinna triquetra Gemmellaro 1896
†Pinna vexillum Born 1778
Invalid names: Exitopinna deltodes ultra Iredale 1939 [synonym], Streptopinna saccata inusitata Iredale 1927 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height140.0----
shell height745.928.1119.031.136.0
valve height939.315.0135.039.838.0

Composition: low Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: SI, IM, BA, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2004-02-29 16:58:07
Modified: 2009-08-17 21:48:16
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Meramecian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 343.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 340.0 Ma

Collections (1097 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (California) P. sp. (10241 214521)
Carboniferous358.9 - 298.9USA (Arizona) Sulcatipinna sp. (124253)
Chadian - Arundian346.7 - 340.0USA (Indiana) P. sp. (556) P. subspatulata (8118 8134)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Virginia) Sulcatopinna sp. (73202)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Nevada) Sulcatopinna innexpectans (62729)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (5995)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Sulcatopinna sp. (6953)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) P. flabelliformis (73391 73392 73395 73400 76172)
Brigantian - Pendleian336.0 - 327.0USA (Pennsylvania) P. sp. (2774)
Chesterian - Brigantian335.5 - 330.9USA (Ohio) P. missouriensis (85363 85369)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (West Virginia) Sulcatopinna missouriensis (92956)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Montana) Sulcatopinna ludlovi (5644)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (West Virginia) Sulcatopinna missouriensis (56142)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Utah) P. sp. (39916 39917 39922)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) P. pacata (231866)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Alaska) P. sp. (112191 112199)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) P. pacata (220898 231867)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28Indonesia (Sumatra) P. sp. (121984)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy P. credneri, P. triquetra (108672)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Qinghai) P. qinghaiensis (112872)