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Taxonomy
Family:
PINNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Ostreida (Order)
> Pinnoidea (Superfamily)
> Pinnidae (Family)
> Streptopinna (Genus)
> saccata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pinna (Streptopinna) Martens, 1880
Synonymised Names:
=Pinna (Streptopinna) saccata (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Pinna nuttalli Conrad, 1837
=Pinna picta Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775
=Pinna saccata Linnaeus, 1758
=Pinna saccata W.H. Turton, 1932
=Pinna vitrea Gmelin, 1791
=Streptopinna saccata inusitata Iredale, 1927
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Taxonomy
Family:
PINNIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Bivalvia (Class)
> Pteriomorphia (Subclass)
> Ostreida (Order)
> Pinnoidea (Superfamily)
> Pinnidae (Family)
> Streptopinna (Genus)
> saccata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Pinna (Streptopinna) Martens, 1880
Synonymised Names:
=Pinna (Streptopinna) saccata (Linnaeus, 1758)
=Pinna nuttalli Conrad, 1837
=Pinna picta Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775
=Pinna saccata Linnaeus, 1758
=Pinna saccata W.H. Turton, 1932
=Pinna vitrea Gmelin, 1791
=Streptopinna saccata inusitata Iredale, 1927
Details: Streptopinna saccata Linnaeus, 1758
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, and isolated records from Northland
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Lemer, S., Buge, B., Bemis, A., Giribet, G. 2014 First molecular phylogeny of the circumtropical bivalve family Pinnidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia): Evidence for high levels of cryptic species diversity, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 75 (p.17)
  • Schultz, P.W., Huber, M. 2013 Revision of the worldwide Recent Pinnidae and some remarks on fossil European Pinnidae, Acta Conchyliorum, 13 (p.143)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.212)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil