WoRMS taxon details
Atrina pectinata (Linnaeus, 1767)
140779 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140779)
accepted
Species
Atrina (Servatrina) pectinata (Linnaeus, 1767) · alternative representation
Atrina pectinata brocchii (A. d'Orbigny, 1852) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Atrina pectinata vindobonensis (Sacco, 1898) † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pinna (Atrina) pectinata (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Pinna (Atrina) pectinata var. brocchii A. d'Orbigny, 1852 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pinna (Atrina) pectinata var. vindobonensis Sacco, 1898 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pinna brocchii A. d'Orbigny, 1852 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pinna hanleyi Reeve, 1858 · unaccepted
Pinna pectinata Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pinna pectinata var. vindobonensis Sacco, 1898 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pinna pectinata Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
Taxonomy The name Pinna pectinata or Atrina pectinata refers to an Indo-Pacific species, but has long been misapplied to the...
Taxonomy The name Pinna pectinata or Atrina pectinata refers to an Indo-Pacific species, but has long been misapplied to the European species now known as Atrina fragilis (following a lead by Pennant (1812) who synonymized his own fragilis with Linnaeus' pectinata in the second edition of "British Zoology"). All usages of "Pinna" pectinata or Atrina pectinata for a European species are erroneous and refer to A. fragilis. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Atrina pectinata (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140779 on 2026-09-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pinna pectinata Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
original description (of Pinna brocchii A. d'Orbigny, 1852 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850-1852). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques</i>. Vols. 1, 2 & 3. Victor Masson, Paris. vol. 1 [January 1850 ("1849")]: lx + 394 pp.; vol. 2 [November 1850]: 427 pp.; vol. 3 [1852]: 196 pp. + Table alphabétique et synonymique des genres et des espèces: 189 pp; addenda, errata (1852), Table of Contents: unpaginated., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.45605
page(s): 3: 125, no. 2361 [details]
original description (of Pinna hanleyi Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858-1859). Monograph of the genus <i>Pinna</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 11, pl. 1-34 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. pl. 2-4, March 1858; pl. 5-8, April 1858; pl. 9-16, May 1858; pl. 17-24, June 1858; pl, 25-32, August 1858; pl. 1, 33-34, February 1859]. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=b-9AAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA66 [details]
original description (of Pinna pectinata var. vindobonensis Sacco, 1898 †) Sacco, F. (1898). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXV. (Spondylidae, Radulidae, Aviculidae, Vulsellidae, Pernidae, Pinnidae, Mytilidae, Dreissensiidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 76 pp., 12 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47760
page(s): 30 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Pinna brocchii A. d'Orbigny, 1852 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850-1852). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques</i>. Vols. 1, 2 & 3. Victor Masson, Paris. vol. 1 [January 1850 ("1849")]: lx + 394 pp.; vol. 2 [November 1850]: 427 pp.; vol. 3 [1852]: 196 pp. + Table alphabétique et synonymique des genres et des espèces: 189 pp; addenda, errata (1852), Table of Contents: unpaginated., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.45605
page(s): 3: 125, no. 2361 [details]
original description (of Pinna hanleyi Reeve, 1858) Reeve, L. A. (1858-1859). Monograph of the genus <i>Pinna</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 11, pl. 1-34 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pl. pl. 2-4, March 1858; pl. 5-8, April 1858; pl. 9-16, May 1858; pl. 17-24, June 1858; pl, 25-32, August 1858; pl. 1, 33-34, February 1859]. , available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=b-9AAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA66 [details]
original description (of Pinna pectinata var. vindobonensis Sacco, 1898 †) Sacco, F. (1898). I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte XXV. (Spondylidae, Radulidae, Aviculidae, Vulsellidae, Pernidae, Pinnidae, Mytilidae, Dreissensiidae). Carlo Clausen, Torino, 76 pp., 12 pl. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47760
page(s): 30 [details]
basis of record Huber, M. (2010). <i>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</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Harzhauser M., Reuter M., Mandic O., Schneider S., Piller W.E., Brandano M. (2013). "Pseudo-Sarmatian" mollusc assemblages from the Early Messinian oolite schoals of Sicily (Italy). <em>Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia.</em> 119(3):351-386.
page(s): 366 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 366 [details] Available for editors
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context source (HKRMS)
Thompson, G. B., Wu, R. S. S. & Philips, D. J. H. (1982). A trawl survey of the benthos of Tolo Harbour and Tolo Channel in 1978. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 2, pp745-760. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 167. [details]
additional source Xue, D.-X.; Wang, H.-Y.; Zhang, T. (2021). Phylogeography and Taxonomic Revision of the Pen Shell Atrina pectinata Species Complex in the South China Sea. <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 8 (753553): 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.753553 [details]
additional source Yokogawa, K. (1996). Genetic Divergence in Two Forms of Pen Shell Atrina pectinata. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 55 (1): 25-39. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 167. [details]
additional source Xue, D.-X.; Wang, H.-Y.; Zhang, T. (2021). Phylogeography and Taxonomic Revision of the Pen Shell Atrina pectinata Species Complex in the South China Sea. <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 8 (753553): 1-17., available online at https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.753553 [details]
additional source Yokogawa, K. (1996). Genetic Divergence in Two Forms of Pen Shell Atrina pectinata. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 55 (1): 25-39. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Taxonomy The name Pinna pectinata or Atrina pectinata refers to an Indo-Pacific species, but has long been misapplied to the European species now known as Atrina fragilis (following a lead by Pennant (1812) who synonymized his own fragilis with Linnaeus' pectinata in the second edition of "British Zoology"). All usages of "Pinna" pectinata or Atrina pectinata for a European species are erroneous and refer to A. fragilis. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | comb penshell | [details] |
| German | Kamm-Steckmuschel | [details] |
| Japanese | タイラギ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (482 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (175 publications) (from synonym Pinna pectinata Linnaeus, 1767)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Atrina (Servatrina) pectinata (Linnaeus, 1767))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Atrina pectinata)
To PESI (from synonym Pinna pectinata Linnaeus, 1767)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pinna pectinata Linnaeus, 1767)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093435)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (175 publications) (from synonym Pinna pectinata Linnaeus, 1767)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Atrina (Servatrina) pectinata (Linnaeus, 1767))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Atrina pectinata)
To PESI (from synonym Pinna pectinata Linnaeus, 1767)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pinna pectinata Linnaeus, 1767)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 093435)
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