Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Parent taxon: Pinna according to A. Scholz et al. 2008
See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931, Moore 1983 and Yamani 1982
Sister taxa: Pinna (Sulcatopinna), Pinna alborzica, Pinna ampla, Pinna arata, Pinna asakuraensis, Pinna bascoi, Pinna bicolor, Pinna brewerii, Pinna calamitoides, Pinna carnea, Pinna cawcawensis, Pinna confutsiana, Pinna consimilis, Pinna constantini, Pinna cordata, Pinna credneri, Pinna cretacea, Pinna cuneiformis, Pinna decussata, Pinna deltodes, Pinna deshayesi, Pinna dolosoniensis, Pinna equivillana, Pinna expansa, Pinna folium, Pinna freneixae, Pinna gravida, Pinna hartmanni, Pinna incurva, Pinna inexpectans, Pinna kawhiana, Pinna kingii, Pinna laqueata, Pinna laticostata, Pinna latissima, Pinna latrania, Pinna lima, Pinna llajasensis, Pinna margaritacea, Pinna meriani, Pinna mitis, Pinna muikadanensis, Pinna muricata, Pinna octavia, Pinna pacata, Pinna papyracea, Pinna pectinata, Pinna petrina, Pinna pontica, Pinna punjabensis, Pinna qinghaiensis, Pinna raibliana, Pinna reginamaris, Pinna rembangensis, Pinna richthofeni, Pinna robinaldina, Pinna robusta, Pinna rudis, Pinna saccata, Pinna semicostata, Pinna semisulcata, Pinna shekhanensis, Pinna simionescui, Pinna sublanceolata, Pinna triquetra, Pinna vexillum
Subtaxa: Pinna (Pinna) barrowsi Pinna (Pinna) blanfordi Pinna (Pinna) folium Pinna (Pinna) lanceolata Pinna (Pinna) lewisi Pinna (Pinna) mendenhalli Pinna (Pinna) miliaria Pinna (Pinna) opalina Pinna (Pinna) radiata Pinna (Pinna) stocktoni Pinna (Pinna) tommasii
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Miocene of India (2), United States (1: California)
• Eocene of United States (6: California)
• Paleocene of United States (2: California)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (1), Japan (3), the United Kingdom (4), United States (15: Alabama, Georgia, Maryland, Missouri)
• Jurassic of Argentina (2), Canada (14: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (29), France (8), Germany (28), Greenland (7), Japan (1), Spain (70), the United Kingdom (10)
• Triassic of Chile (1), Hungary (1), Indonesia (2), Iran (18), Italy (9), Japan (4), Slovenia (1)
Total: 240 collections including 250 occurrences