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Atrina fragilis (Pennant, 1777)

146524  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146524)

accepted
Species
Atrina basteroti Cossmann & Peyrot, 1914 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Atrina ferelaevis Cossmann & Peyrot, 1914 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pinna (Atrina) pectinata var. brocchii A. d'Orbigny, 1852 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pinna borealis Laskey, 1811 · unaccepted > nomen nudum (name introduced in synonymy, not...)  
name introduced in synonymy, not available
Pinna brocchii A. d'Orbigny, 1852 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pinna elegans Leach, 1852 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pinna fragilis Pennant, 1777 · unaccepted (original combination)
Pinna jojenia Aradas, 1847 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pinna papyracea W. Turton, 1822 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pinna pectinata var. brocchii A. d'Orbigny, 1852 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Pinna philippii Aradas, 1847 · unaccepted (name introduced in synonymy, not...)  
name introduced in synonymy, not available
Pinna rudis Linnaeus, 1758, sensu Poli, 1795 · unaccepted (misapplication)
marine
(of Pinna fragilis Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. London. i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 97 [details] 
Distribution North Sea, British Isles southwards to Mauritania (17°52'N); throughout the Mediterranean.   
Distribution North Sea, British Isles southwards to Mauritania (17°52'N); throughout the Mediterranean.  [details]

Taxonomy Atrina fragilis has long been mistaken for "Pinna" pectinata Linnaeus, 1767, which is an Indo-Pacific species.   
Taxonomy Atrina fragilis has long been mistaken for "Pinna" pectinata Linnaeus, 1767, which is an Indo-Pacific species.  [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Atrina fragilis (Pennant, 1777). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146524 on 2025-05-27
Date
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2005-01-26 08:41:57Z
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2008-07-05 16:52:17Z
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2010-09-23 10:44:16Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Pinna aradasii Maravigna, 1851) Maravigna C. 1851 - Monografia delle specie del genere Pinna, Linn., alla Sicilia appartenenti per servire alla compilazione della di lei fauna. Atti della Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali di Catania, (2)7: 179-191, pl. 1-13. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7995989
page(s): 191 [details] 

original description (of Pinna elegans T. Brown, 1827) Brown, T. (1827). Illustrations of the conchology of Great Britain and Ireland. Drawn from nature. W.H. Lizars and D. Lizars, Edinburgh and S. Highley, London. 144 pp., 52 pls., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127868
page(s): pl. 30 fig. 2; note: ex Leach ms. [details] 

original description (of Pinna fragilis Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. London. i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011
page(s): 97 [details] 

original description (of Pinna gemmellarii Maravigna, 1851) Maravigna C. 1851 - Monografia delle specie del genere Pinna, Linn., alla Sicilia appartenenti per servire alla compilazione della di lei fauna. Atti della Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali di Catania, (2)7: 179-191, pl. 1-13. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7995989
page(s): 190, pl. 9 fig. 2 [details] 

original description (of Pinna ingens Pennant, 1777) Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. London. i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011 [details] 

original description (of Pinna jojenia Aradas, 1847) Aradas A. (1847). Osservazioni e aggiunte alla fauna dei molluschi della Sicilia del Philippi. Parta 1ª. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali, (2) 3: 411-429, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7997779
page(s): 426 [details] 

original description (of Pinna borealis Laskey, 1811) Laskey, J. (1811). Elucidation respecting the Pinna ingens of Pennant's "British Zoology". Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. 1: 102-106., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45848608
page(s): 102-106 [details] 

original description (of Pinna elegans Leach, 1852) Leach, W. E. (1852). Molluscorum Britanniae Synopsis. A synopsis of the Mollusca of Great Britain arranged according to their natural affinities and anatomical structure. Van Voorst, London, viii + 376 pp. (edited posthumously by J. E. Gray). , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107076
page(s): 330-331 [details] 

original description (of Pinna papyracea W. Turton, 1822) Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10982454#page/9/mode/1up [details] 

original description (of Pinna philippii Aradas, 1847) Aradas A. (1847). Descrizione delle conchiglie fossili di Gravitelli presso Messina. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali (2) 4: 57-88, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7997915
page(s): 425; note: in synonymy of Pinna truncata Philippi, 1844 and never used as valid, therefore unavailable [details] 

original description (of Pinna pectinata var. spinulosa Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1890) Bucquoy, E.; Dautzenberg, P.; Dollfus, G. (1887-1898). Les mollusques marins du Roussillon. Tome II. Pélécypodes. Paris, J.B. Baillière & fils; 884 p., 99 pl. [pp. 1-24, pl. 1-6, 1887; pp. 25-60, pl. 7-11, 1888; pp. 61-112, pl. 12-21, 1889; pp. 113-172, pl. 22-29, 1890; pp. 173-220, pl. 30-37, 1891; pp. 221-320, pl. 38-51, 1892; pp. 321-450, pl. 52-67, 1893; pp. 453-540, pl. 68-70, 1895; pp. 541-620, pl. 79-88, 1896; pp. 621-884, pl. 89-99, 1898]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58552309 [details] 

original description (of Pinna laevis Donovan, 1803) Donovan E. (1799-1804). The natural history of British shells: including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systematically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each. 5 volumes, London, printed fro the Author, and for F. and C. Rivington, 180 plates with unpaginated text. Vol. 1: introduction 3 pp; pl. 1-18 [1799]; pl. 19-36; index 10 pp. [1800] . Vol. 2: pl. 37-54 [1800]; pl. 55-72, index 10 pp. [1801]. Vol. 3: pl. 73-90 [1801]; pl. 91-108, index 8 pp. [1802]; Vol. 4: pl. 109-126 [1802]; pl. 127-144, index 8 pp [1803]. Vol. 5: pl. 145-162 [1803]; pl.163-180, index 7 pp. [1804]. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.64386
page(s): vol. 5 pl. 152 [details] 

original description (of Pinna truncata R. A. Philippi, 1844) Philippi, R. A. (1844). Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2. Halle [Halis Saxorum]: Eduard Anton. iv + 303 pp., pls 13-28., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46936062 [details] 

original description (of Pinna pectinata var. angusta Weinkauff, 1868) Weinkauff, H. C. (1867). Die Conchylien des Mittelmeeres, ihre geographische und geologische Verbreitung. T. Fischer, Cassel Vol. 1: pp. XIX + 307 [1867], Vol. 2: pp. VI + 512 [1868]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49636970 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pinna pectinata var. fundazzensis De Gregorio, 1884) De Gregorio, A. (1884-1885). Studi su talune conchiglie mediterranee viventi e fossili con una rivista del genere Vulsella. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 10(1-4): 36-64, pls 1-3 [10 August 1884]; 65-128, pls 4-5 [20 November 1884]; 10(9-19): 129-288 [30 April 1885]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38908552
page(s): 77 [details] 

original description (of Pinna brocchii A. d'Orbigny, 1852 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850-1852). Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Paris: Masson. 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, 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 Atrina ferelaevis Cossmann & Peyrot, 1914 †) Cossmann, M. & Peyrot, A. (1909-1924). Conchologie néogénique de l'Aquitaine. Edition in 4° et in 8°, Extrait des Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 1(1): 1-220, cartes A-C, pls 1-7 [1909]; 1(2): 221-428, pls 8-18 [1911]; 1(3): 429-718, pls 19-28 [1912]; 2(1): 1-204, pls 1-10 [1913]; 2(2): 205-410, pls 11-12, suppl. 411-496, pls 23-26 [1914]; 3(1): 1-384, pls 1-10 [1917]; 3(2): 385-695, pls 11-17 [1919]; 4(1): 1-322, pls 1-7 [1922]; 4(2): 323-610, pls 8-18 [1924].
page(s): 2(2): 266, pl. 11, fig. 9 [details] 

original description (of Atrina basteroti Cossmann & Peyrot, 1914 †) Cossmann, M. & Peyrot, A. (1909-1924). Conchologie néogénique de l'Aquitaine. Edition in 4° et in 8°, Extrait des Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux. 1(1): 1-220, cartes A-C, pls 1-7 [1909]; 1(2): 221-428, pls 8-18 [1911]; 1(3): 429-718, pls 19-28 [1912]; 2(1): 1-204, pls 1-10 [1913]; 2(2): 205-410, pls 11-12, suppl. 411-496, pls 23-26 [1914]; 3(1): 1-384, pls 1-10 [1917]; 3(2): 385-695, pls 11-17 [1919]; 4(1): 1-322, pls 1-7 [1922]; 4(2): 323-610, pls 8-18 [1924].
page(s): 2(2): 267, pl. 11, fig. 31-32 [details] 

basis of record Schultz, P. W.; Huber, M. (2013). Revision of the worldwide Recent Pinnidae and some remarks of fossil European Pinnidae. Acta Conchyliorum. 13: 1-164. [details] 

Identification resource

identification resource Cosel, R. von; Gofas, S. (2019). Marine bivalves of tropical West Africa: from Rio de Oro to southern Angola. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum, Paris, IRD Éditions, Marseille (Faune et Flore tropicales, volume 48): 1-1104.
page(s): 226-227 [details] 

Other

additional source 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: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
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 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Distribution North Sea, British Isles southwards to Mauritania (17°52'N); throughout the Mediterranean.  [details]

Taxonomy Atrina fragilis has long been mistaken for "Pinna" pectinata Linnaeus, 1767, which is an Indo-Pacific species.  [details]
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LanguageName 
Dutch waaiermossel [from synonym]  [details]
English pen shellfragile penshellfragile fanshellfan musselcaper long [from synonym]  [details]
French jambonneau [from synonym]  [details]
German Zerbrechliche Steckmuschelsteckmuschel [from synonym]  [details]
Irish powder horn [from synonym]  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Λεπτή πίννα  [details]
Portuguese funil [from synonym]  [details]
Spanish nacar [from synonym]  [details]
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