Pinna rudis

Pinna rudis
Exemplar in Madeira, Portugal
Pinna rudis from Sicily, on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Pteriida
Family: Pinnidae
Genus: Pinna
Species:
P. rudis
Binomial name
Pinna rudis
Synonyms
  • Pinna elongata Röding, 1798
  • Pinna ferruginea Röding, 1798
  • Pinna ferruginosa Röding, 1798
  • Pinna mucronata G.S. Poli, 1795
  • Pinna paulucciae A. de Rochebrune, 1883
  • Pinna rudis belma A. De Rochebrune, 1885
  • Pinna rudis blama A. De Gregorio, 1885

Pinna rudis, the rough pen shell or spiny fan-mussel, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Pinnidae. It is the type species of the genus Pinna. Knowledge about this is sparse, with an absence of specific studies and literature.