Atrina seminuda

Atrina seminuda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pterioida
Family: Pinnidae
Genus: Atrina
Species: A. seminuda
Binomial name
Atrina seminuda
(Lamarck, 1819)

Atrina seminuda, or the half-naked pen shell, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Pinnidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to Texas and south to Argentina.[1]

References

  1. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Altantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 25.