Pinna carnea

Pinna carnea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pterioida
Family: Pinnidae
Genus: Pinna
Species: P. carnea
Binomial name
Pinna carnea
Gmelin, 1791

Pinna carnea, or the amber pen shell, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Pinnidae. It can be found in Caribbean waters, ranging from southern Florida to the West Indies and Bermuda.[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. 23.