Pinna (bivalve)
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Pinna is a genus of bivalve molluscs belonging to the family Pinnidae.[2]
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Pinna | |
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Pinna nobilis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Pteriida |
Superfamily: | Pinnoidea |
Family: | Pinnidae |
Genus: | Pinna Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
Pinna rudis Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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The type species of the genus is Pinna rudis.
The most completely studied species in the genus is P. nobilis, a Mediterranean pen shell which was historically important as the principal source of sea silk.