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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
Images: Streptopinna saccata Linnaeus, 1758
Collected in 15 metres, off Meyer Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ (MA77750). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Collected in 15 metres, off Meyer Island, Kermadec Islands, NZ (MA77750). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
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, from 20m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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