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Species Pinna bicolor Gmelin, 1791

Bicoloured Pinna Shell, Common Razor Clam, Menke's Razor Shell, Razor Fish / Razor Back, Southern Razor Shell


Compiler and date details

December 2010 - Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Des Beechey, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

 

Introduction

According to Huber (2010) Pinna bicolor is now endemic to the Red Sea and does not occur in Australian waters. Howerver, P. bicolor is retained here until further studies can determine, with some certainity, the placement of this complex species.

 

Distribution

States

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


Extra Distribution Information

Indo-West Pacific including Hawaii


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, mud bottom–marine, sand bottom marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Deeply embedded in substate and attaced by byssus to anchoring debris or rock

 

General References

Beer, A.C. 2006. Spat collection, growth and meat yield of Pinna bicolor (Gmelin) in suspended culture in northern Australia. Aquaculture 258(1-4): 424-429

Butler, A.J. 1987. Ecology of Pinna bicolor Gmelin (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in Gulf of St Vincent, South Australia: density, reproductive cycle, recruitment, growth and mortality at three sites. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38: 743-769

Butler, A.J. & Brewster, F.J. 1979. Size distribution and growth of the Fan-shell Pinna bicolor Gmelin (Mollusca: Eulamellibranchia) in South Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 30: 25-39

Butler, A.J. & Keough, M.L. 1981. Distribution of Pinna bicolor Gmelin (Mollusca: Bivalvia) in South Australia, with observations of recruitment. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 105(1-2): 29-39

Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [34, pl. 75]

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, fig. 68] (as P. dolabrata; p. 81, fig. 69 as Subitopinna virgata)

Fischer-Piette, E. 1974. Revison des Pinnidae du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Journal de Conchyliologie 111(1-2): 11-88 [24-33] (extensive bibliography and discussion of species)

Habe, T. 1953. Notes on the type specimens of three species of Japanese molluscs described by F. Jousseaume. Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 2 3: 169-172 [170, pl. 9, figs, 1, 2] (as Atrina (Servatrina) epica)

Habe, T. 1953. Pinnidae, Placunidae, Anomiidae in Japan. pp. 185-200 in Kuroda, T. (ed.). Illustrated Catalogue of Japanese Shells. Vol. 24. [185, pl. 27, fig. 13] (as Pinna (Cyrtopinna) attenuata)

Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls. [171, pl. 52, fig. 2] (p. 172, pl. 52, fig. 9 as Pinna (Exitopinna) epica)

Hedley, C. 1924. A Revision of the Australian Pinnidae. Records of the Australian Museum 14: 141-153 [142] (as P. attenuata; p. 143 as P. fumata; p. 144, pl. 20, fig. 9, pl. 21, figs 14, 15 as Subitopinna dolabrata; p. 145, pl. 19, fig. 1 as P. isosceles; p. 146 as P. dolabrata; p. 147, pl. 19, figs 2, 3 as Subitopinna menkei; p. 147, pl. 20, fig. 8 as Subitopinna menkei var. caviterga; p. 149, fig. pl. 19, figs 4, 5 as P. virgata)

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 [312] (as Subitopinna menkei; 313 as P. virgata and Subitopinna madida; 314 as Cyrtopinna stutchburri)

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [9]

Kay, A.M. & Keough, M.J. 1981. Occupation of patches in the epi-faunal communities on pier pilings and the bivalve Pinna bicolor at Edithburgh, South Australia. Oecologia (Berlin) 48(1): 123-130

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [515, fig. A]

Keough, M.J. 1984. Dynamics of the epifauna of the bivalve Pinna bicolor: interactions among recruitment, predation, and competition. Ecology 65(3): 677-688

Lamprell, K. & Whitehead, T. 1992. Bivalves of Australia. Bathurst, New South Wales : Crawford House Press Vol. 1 xiv 182 pp. [14, pl. 5, fig. 26]

Ludbrook, N.H. 1984. Quaternary molluscs of South Australia. South Australian Department of Mines and Energy, Handbook 9: 1-327 [154, figs 38c, d]

McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian sea-shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs. [Date published December] [20, fig. 10] (as P. menkei)

Morton, B. 1987. Temporal host segregation by Anchistus custos and Conchodytes monodactylus (Crustacea; Pontoniinae) of Pinna bicolor (Bivalvia: Pinnidae) in Hong Kong. Asian Marine Biology 4: 129-140

Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910–1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1–115 pls 1–3 [Date published 19 Sept. 1917] [52, no. 16, pl. 7]

Odhner, N.H. 1919. Contribution à la faune malacologique de Madagascar. Arkiv för Zoologi 12(6): 1-52 [Date published 29 Dec 1919] [3, fig. 1]

Oliver, P.G. 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden : Verlage Christa Hemmen 330 pp. [58, pl. 8]

Reid, R.G.B. & D.G. Brand 1989. Giant kidneys and metal-sequestering nephroliths in the bivalve Pinna bicolor, with comparative notes on Atrina vexillum. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 126: 95-117

Rosewater, J. 1961. The family Pinnidae in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(4): 175-226 [193-199, pls 147-153] (synonymy used herein with the exception of synonyms relating to P. deltodes see Scheltema (1983))

Satyamurti, S.T. 1956. Mollusca of Krusadai Is. II. Scaphopoda, Pelecypoda, and Cephalopoda. Bulletin of the Madras Government Museum, Natural History ns 1(no. 2, pt 7): 202 pp., 30 pls [55, pl. 8, fig. 2] (p. 54, pl. 8, fig. 1 as P. atropurpurea)

Scheltema, A. 1983. Pinna deltodes Menke newly described and differentiated from P. bicolor Gmelin (Bivalvia, Pterioida). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 6: 37-52 (publication followed herein to extract synonyms from P. bicolor em>sensu Rosewater (1961) to P. deltodes)

Smith, E.A. 1891. Marine Shells from Aden. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891(3): 430-432 [433]

Tate, R. 1887. Descriptions of some new species of South Australian marine and fresh-water Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 9: 62-75 [71, pl. 4, fig. 5] (as P. inermis)

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [154, pl. 571]

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [38, figure]

Winckworth, R. 1929. Marine mollusca from South India and Ceylon, III. Pinna. With an index to the recent species of Pinna. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 18: 276-297 [286]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [p.269] (Menke's Razor Shell, Southern Razor Shell)

Coleman, N. 1981. What shell is that? Sydney : Lansdowne Press, Sydney 308 pp. [34, pl. 75] (according to author, also sometimes called a Razor Clam) (Bicoloured Pinna Shell)

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] [80-81] (for Pinna dolabrata) (Razor Fish / Razor Back)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [p.38, pl.39D] (Common Razor Clam)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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 12-Sep-2013 MODIFIED Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM)
11-Aug-2014 17-Nov-2010 ADDED
17-Nov-2010 MODIFIED