Genus Pinna Linnaeus, 1758

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pinna Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [707].

  Type species:

   Pinna rudis Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation.
• Chimaera Poli, G.S. 1791. Testacea utriusque Siciliae, eorumque historie et anatome tabulis aeneis illustrata. Parma : Bodoni Vol. 1 pp. i-x (Preface), 1-90 (Introduction), 1-50 (Testaceae Multivalvia), 1-74 (Testaceae Bivalvia), I-lXXIII (Index), 18 pls. [31] [not treated by Huber 2010].

  Type species:

   Pinna nobilis Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation.
• Chimaeroderma Poli, G.S. 1795. Testacea utriusque Siciliae Eorumque Historia et Anatome Tabulis Aeneis Illustrata. Vol. 2. Parma, Italy. pp. 1-264, index i-lxxvi, pls 19-38 [259] [not treated by Huber 2010].

  Type species:

   Pinna nobilis Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation.
• Pinnarius Duméril, A.M.C. 1806. Analytische Zoologie aus dem Französischen mit zusätzen von L.F. Froriep. Weimar. [169, 340] [invalid name; combined description of 'pinnier' and 'mytilier' invalid for diagnosis].

  Type species:

   Pinna rudis Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
• Pinnula Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Annals of Nature or annual synopsis of new genera and species of animals, plants, etc. discovered in North America by C.S. Rafinesque. First annual number for 1820. Lexington : C.S. Rafinesque 16 pp. [147] [objective synonym].
• Cyrtopinna Mörch, O.A.L. 1853. Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra et Gadea, Comes de Yoldi, regis Daniae cubiculariorum princeps, ordinis Danebrogici in prima classe et ordinis tertii eques. Fasciculus Secundus. Acephala, Annulata Cirripeda, Echinodermata. Hafniae : Ludovici Kleini Vol. 2 74 pp. + 2 unnumbered pages. [Date published April] [51] [treated as a subgenus by Huber 2010, but retained here as a synonym of Pinna].

  Type species:

   Pinna incurvata Chemnitz (= Pinna incurva Gmelin) by monotypy.
• Quantulopinna Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [308, 310] [treated as a subgenus by Huber 2010, but retained here as a synonym of Pinna].

  Type species:

   Quantulopinna delsa Iredale, 1939 (= P. muricata Linnaeus, 1758) by original designation.
• Subitopinna Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [312] [treated as a subgenus by Huber 2010, but retained here as a synonym of Pinna].

  Type species:

   Pinna menkei Reeve, 1858 (= Pinna bicolor Gmelin, 1791) by original designation.
• Exitopinna Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [315] [treated as a subgenus by Huber 2010, but retained here as a synonym of Pinna].

  Type species:

   Exitopinna deltodes ultra Iredale, 1939 (= Pinna bicolor Gmelin, 1791) by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda. Adelaide : W.L. Hawes, Government Printer 363 pp. [Date published Oct: Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia Series] [80] (also as p. 81 Subitopinna)

Huber, M. 2010. Compendium of Bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

Iredale, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. British Museum (Natural History), London. Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 1928-29. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 5(6): 209-425, pls 1-75 [309-310] (also as p. 310 Quantulopinna, p. 312 Subitopinna and P. 315 Exitopinna)

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1969. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part N. Mollusca 6. Bivalvia. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press Vols 1 & 2 xxxviii + ii, 952 pp. [Vol.1, pp. i-xxxviii + N1-N489; Vol. 2, pp. i-ii + N491-N952] [N283]

Plazzi, F. & M. Passamontia 2010. Towards a molecular phylogeny of Mollusks: Bivalves' early evolution as revealed by mitochondrial genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57(2): 641-657 (includes Pinna in analysis)

Rosewater, J. 1961. The family Pinnidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(4): 175-226 [187] (overview, description, synonymy)

Tsubaki, R., Kameda, Y. & Kato, M. 2011. Pattern and process of diversification in an ecologically diverse epifaunal bivalve group Pterioidea (Pteriomorphia, Bivalvia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58: 97-104 (Pinna included in analysis)

 

Common Name References

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. (Razor Clams)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Aug-2023	BIVALVIA	22-Aug-2023	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
11-Aug-2014		11-Aug-2014	MOVED
11-Aug-2014	PINNOIDEA	20-Sep-2012	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014		17-Nov-2010	ADDED
		17-Nov-2010	MODIFIED