Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae

Alternative combination: Pinna mendenhalli

Full reference: G. D. Hanna. 1926. Paleontology of Coyote Mountain, Imperial County, California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 14(18):427-503

Belongs to Pinna (Pinna) according to E. J. Moore 1983

See also Grant, IV and Gale 1931 and Hanna 1926

Sister taxa: Pinna (Pinna) barrowsi, Pinna (Pinna) blanfordi, Pinna (Pinna) folium, Pinna (Pinna) lanceolata, Pinna (Pinna) lewisi, Pinna (Pinna) miliaria, Pinna (Pinna) opalina, Pinna (Pinna) radiata, Pinna (Pinna) stocktoni, Pinna (Pinna) tommasii

Type specimen: USNM 324593, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 3922 - Garnet Cañon [Imperial Fm], which is in a Messinian/Zanclean marine sandstone in the Imperial Formation of California.

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USGS 3922 - Garnet Cañon [Imperial Fm]

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