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Pinna freneixae

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae

Taxonomy

Pinna freneixae was named by Zinsmeister and Macellari (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 517008 and is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. africana, P. anderssoni, P. buchii, P. canrena, P. cottai, P. cretacia, P. cuneata, P. curvimarginata, P. dechazeauxae, P. distans, P. ecki, P. fissa, P. flabelliformis, P. fragilis, P. freneizae, P. gardnerae, P. gervaisei, P. gillieroni, P. guadalupae, P. harnetti, P. hartmannii, P. heeri, P. helvetica, P. hombresi, P. iburgensis, P. kauffmani, P. kingi, P. lanceolota, P. laquata, P. loqueata, P. magellanica, P. mediokeuperina, P. miliara, P. moorei, P. multisulcata, P. neozelanica, P. nobilis, P. nyainrongensis, P. odlingi, P. pachyostraca, P. pectinata, P. quadrifrons, P. raebliana, P. refurca, P. regina-maris, P. reticularis, P. romanikhae, P. romanikhaensis, P. rostriformis, P. sandsfootensis, P. sandsfootensis, P. semistriata, P. socialis, P. spathulata, P. squamifera, P. stoliczkai, P. sulcifera, P. suprajurensis, P. tetragona, P. tibetica, P. truncata, P. varicosa, P. vaughani, P. amplissima, P. mitis, P. muikadaniensis, P. mytiloides, P. quadrata, P. robinaldina, P. saitoi, P. sandsfootensis, P. subcuneata, P. suprajurensis, P. kasimirensis, P. atriniformis

Entered

by A. Hendy on 2006-10-30

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1988	Pinna freneixae Zinsmeister and Macellari p. 265 figs. fig. 3.16
1994	Pinna freneixae Stillwell p. 354
1998	Pinna freneixae Stilwell p. 37
2004	Pinna freneixae Stilwell et al. p. 20

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
order	Ostreida	(Fërussac 1822)
superfamily	Pinnoidea	Leach 1819
family	Pinnidae	Leach 1819
genus	Pinna	Linnaeus 1758
species	freneixae	Zinsmeister and Macellari 1988

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.

†Pinna freneixae Zinsmeister and Macellari 1988

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitef

Composition 2:

aragonitef

Environment:

marine, brackisho

Locomotion:

stationaryg

Attached:

yesg

Life habit:

semi-infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

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: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Danian or 72.20000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Argentina (Chubut)	Pinna freneixae (74190)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Antarctica (Seymour Island)	Pinna freneixae (1316)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Argentina (Neuquén)	Pinna freneixae (73922 73937 73942)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Antarctica	Pinna freneixae (67033 67035 67038 67041)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Argentina (Chubut)	Pinna freneixae (74135)